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GREEK LETTER MEN 
OF WASHINGTON 



Compiled 

by 

Will J. Maxwell 



THE UMBDENSTOCK PUBLISHING CO. 

NEW YORK 

1900 






393 



INDEX 

Introductory 7^ 

Ame;rican College Fraternity, The. ; 9 

College Homesteads of Greek Letter Men 35 

Durante Vita ( Poem) 21 

Early Days 22 

Fraternity ( Poem ) 29 

CLfAPTER House Illustrations : 

Alpha Delta Phi House at Cornell 53 

Alpha Delta Phi House at Cornell : An Interior View 71 

Alpha Delta Phi House at Dartmouth 68 

Alpha Delta Phi House at Harvard 42 

Alpha Delta Phi Club, New York, and Cornell Interior 

View 71 

Alpha Delta Phi House at Union University TZ 

Alpha Delta Phi House at Wesleyan 83 

Alpha Delta Phi House at Williams 62- 

Alpha Delta Phi House at Yale 73 

Alpha Delta Phi Views; Dartmouth, Williams and Amherst 31 

Alpha Tau Omega House at Cornell 2)7 

Beta Theta Pi House at Amherst 56 

Beta Theta Pi House at St. Lawrence University 59 

Beta Theta Pi Houses at St. Lawrence and Leland Stan- 
ford, Jr., Universities 32 

Beta Theta Pi House at University of Michigan 47 

Chi Phi House at Cornell 50 

Chi Phi House at Yale 16 

Chi Psi House at Cornell 34 

Chi Psi Houses at Hamilton, Williams, Amherst, Michigan 

and Wisconsin 51 

Chi Psi House at Lehigh 38^ 

Delta Kappa Epsilon — First Chapter House at Kenyon 11 



394 

Delta Kappa Epsilon Houses at Lafayette, Wesleyan, Cor- 
nell, Colgate and Yale 60 

Delta Kappa Epsilon House at University of Michigan 49 

Delta Kappa Epsilon House at Wesleyan University 45 

Delta Phi Houses at Harvard and Lehigh 57 

Delta Phi House at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 72 

Delta Phi House at Yale 20 

Delta Psi House, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale 52 

Delta Psi House at Columbia Lhiiversity 12 

Delta Upsilon Houses at Colgate, Rochester, Amherst and 

Rutgers 'j'j 

Kappa Alpha House at Cornell 58 

Kappa Alpha House at Hobart 41 

Kappa Alpha (Southern) at Cokmibian 66 

Kappa Sigma House at University of Maine 79 

Phi Delta Theta Houses at Amherst and University of 

Wisconsin 46 

Phi Delta Theia House at Cornell 70 

Phi Delta Theta House at Pennsylvania College 75 

Phi Delta Theta House at LTniversity of Michigan 75 

-Phi Gamma Delta House at Cornell ' 67 

Phi Gamma Delta Houses, Group of 23 

Phi Gamma Delta House at Ohio Wesleyan University 54 

Phi Gamma Delta Houses at University of Nebraska, Uni- 
versity of Virginia and University of Tennessee 63 

Phi Gamma Delta at University of Maine 76 

Phi Gamma Delta Interiors, University of Maine 81 

Phi Gamma Delta House at Worcester Polytechnic Institute 61 

Phi Kappa Psi House at University of Michigan 27 

Phi Kappa Sigma House at University of Pennsylvania.... 28 

Phi Sigma Kappa at Columbian 65 

Phi Sigma Kappa at Cornell 82 

Phi Sigma Kappa House at Pennsylvania State College.... 80 

Psi Upsilon House at Trinity College, Hartford 48 

Psi Upsilon House at University of Michigan 55 

Psi Upsilon House at University of Pennsylvania 15 

Sigma Alpha Epsilon House at Leland Stanford, Jr., Uni- 
versity 64 

Sigma Phi Chapter House at Hobart 69 

Theta Delta Chi House at Cornell 24 



" Our Fraternity is neither a religious body nor a politica organization. 
It is neither a scheme for the relief of the poor, nor a substitute for life 
insurance. It advocates no special creed, neither does it seek to influence 
legislation. It does not deliver to its members homilies dealing with the 
demoralizing effects of rags, neither does it ask them to support the families 
of their deceased brothers. It is not even a social organization in the accepted 
sense of that term. It is the most simple, the most unobtrusive, the least 
ostentatious and, when its purpose is properly carried out, the most benefi- 
cial order within my knowledge." 



INTRODUCTORY 

Seventy-five years have passed since the first Greek Letter Fraternity 
was organized at Union College. Sixty-seven years have passed since that to 
which I have the honor to belong was formed at Hamilton. Since then 
twenty-six others have passed through the early struggle for existence and 
established themselves firmly in the social and scholastic life of the institutions 
where they have been installed. 

All questions involving their right of existence, their moral influence and 
their effect upon academic standing and social clans and caste have long since 
been decided. With a single exception, they are now a part of student life in 
every important college in the United States and Canada, and are not only 
recognized but encouraged by the faculties of those institutions, who still find 
pleasure and profit attending the initiations and the regular meetings of those 
which they joined in their student days. 

A good fraternity is recognized as a good thing. Those who have enjoyed 
its fellowship understand its advantages. In those who have not experienced 
that blessing of boyhood life, no amount of argument can excite an apprecia- 
tion of its value. The closest friendships you and I have to-day were formed 
before we became of age, in the walls of our chapter house. Age, occupation, 
distance, separation, new associations, have no influence upon friendships that 
are formed under such circumstances. You may not have seen him for a 
third of a century ; you may not have heard his name for a generation ; the 
path of his life may have led him to the Antipodes, but, when you come face 
to face with a boy who was initiated with you on a frosty autumn night, per- 
haps with absurd and silly ceremonies, the flame that often burns low, but can 
never be extinguished, will blaze up with a glow that will warm the lives of 



both of you ; and you feel towards each other a sentiment that you have never 
felt towards any man since the day you graduated. I have met members 
of my fraternity in odd corners of the world. Among the Toaist Temples of 
China ; in the mines of the Andes ; on the banks of the Nile, and although we 
were strangers before and have been strangers since, there was at least a few 
moments of gratification that encounters with other people could not have 
inspired. 

Boys are social animals. In obedience to the law of affinity they seek 
the companionship of their own kind, just as birds of a feather are said to flock 
together. This phenomenon is found among our four-footed friends also, who 
have their secret societies and associations for mutual protection and improve- 
ment. When a boy enters college he is subject to various influences, good or 
bad. His individuality, if he has any, and few boys have none, is rapidly 
disclosed and recognized by those of his own grade and tastes, and if such a 
boy can be drawn into the companionship of good men who are a little 
older and have had a little more experience, it will certainly be to his benefit. 
Class relations can be cultivated without fraternities, but inter-class associa- 
tions are difficult to cultivate outside the club or chapter house or training 
table. Seniors and juniors take pleasure in looking after the interests and the 
welfare of the sophomores and freshmen that belong to their fraternity, and 
many a boy has been saved from dissipation and had the better attributes of 
his nature developed by such intimacies, which could not have existed outside 
of fraternity life. 1 have personal knowledge of many such cases, and in my 
own experience as a student 1 found that the example and the approval of the 
upper classmen of my fraternity had a great influence in the formation of my 
character and tastes. There have been and always will be, abuses of the 
opportunities I have described, but those who are familiar with the history of 
college fraternities and will take the trouble to examine their catalogues, will 
find that the high characters of the men who have been members are the best 
endorsement of their advantages. By their personnel the Greek Letter 
Fraternities may justly be judged. 

William Eleroy Curtis. 



THE AMERICAN COLLEGE FRATERNITY 

THE Greek Letter Societies of the American Universities are secret organ- 
izations of students, who form these brotherhoods for literary and social 
purposes, The oldest of these organizations, the Phi Beta Kappa, was estab- 
lished as early as 1776, and it continued the sole society ot its kind for fifty 
years. It now differs from all other college fraternities and occupies a unique 
place of its own. Its members are selected at the close of their under-graduate 
course, and are chosen solely on grounds of scholarship. Membership in one 
fraternity is ordinarily a bar to membership in another, although this is not the 
case in the Phi Beta Kappa. 

The large place these organizations have come to occupy in the American 
universities can be inferred from the fact that there are now more than 800 
" chapters " of these societies in our colleges, and that their total membership, 
including their alumni, is more than 100.000. 

In Germany and America students' societies form an important feature of 
university life. These organizations influence in no small degree the daily life 
of their members. They largely determine the social intercourse of students, 
give rise to lasting friendships, regulate conduct, shape ideals and aspirations, 
and influence views and habits. 

We have in our American universities nothing that answers to the Co7'ps 
and BurschenscJiafteii of the German universities. The Corps are said to be 
recruited entirely from the wealthy and aristocratic classes, and to attach great 
importance to the externals of manners and expenditures, and to be character- 
ized by a strong tendency to an aristocratic aloofness from the great mass of 
the students.* 



*See Paulsen's German Universities, p. 190. 



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They are the elite of the student body. When they appear together on 
formal occasions they carry swords and wear a distinguishing dress. They are 
composed in the main of students enrolled under the faculty of law, and in less 
degree from those enrolled under the faculty of medicine. The Burse henschaften 
are said to make less of social distinctions, to be less exclusive and to have a 
greater number of representatives of the different faculties. 

There is no element of secrecy about the coi-ps of the German universities. 
Their statutes of organization and by-laws have to be submitted to the university 
authorities for approval. The Corps-Kneipe is a club room rather than a 
"lodge," and outsiders are often invited to the meetings. A corps has no 
" chapters" as our American college societies have. It has no existence out- 
side its own university. Its meetings are held twice a >veek, while the 
American college society meets once a week. The corps students are duelists 
and each co7ps has its Fecht-boden or fencing room, where its members meet 
every day for practice among themselves.! 

There also exist in the German universities the Verbindungen, which are 
mere social clubs. These also are independent organizations having no 
"chapters." Their fellowship is less close and exclusive than that of the 
Corps or of the Burschenschaften . 

In the English and Scotch universities there seems to be nothing which at 
all resembles the college fraternities of the United States. Their societies are 
not secret and answer to the open literary societies of the American universities. 

In the college fraternities of the United States membership is usually 
indicated by gold badges, which contain the name and some of the symbols of 
the fraternity. Sometimes they are set in diamonds and precious stones, and 
are quite costly. In the German universities the societies are distinguished by 
"color-wearing." They wear distinctive caps of a particular color, or some 
color emblem attached to their dress. 

In the United States it has become quite the practice for the students of a 
particular fraternity to reside together during their college course in their 
chapter house. A few years ago there were said to be seventy such houses in 
the United States which were owned by the chapters, and three times as manj 
which were rented. There are decided advantages in this practice, as well as 
some dangers that need to be guarded against. The members of a chapter 
thus living together learn day by day what has been called the great art of gov- 

tHart's German Universities, p. 70. 




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erning themselves. In Germany it is said that tnere are no laws m tne world 
which are more scrupulously obeyed and more strictly upheld than the laws 
which the students' societies impose upon themselves. As a rule the fraternity 
houses in the United States are well conducted. Severe rules are established, 
which prohibit students from having intoxicating liquors inside these houses, and 
and which forbid any form of gambling. The graduate members residing in 
the town often keep up intimate relations with their society, and are keen 
observers of the manner in which the under-graduates deport themselves. 

Years ago, when the people were stirred to a high state of excitement 
against secret societies, chiefly due to their indignation with Masonry, some 
of the universities undertook to suppress college fraternities. The attempt led 
to much bad feeling and was finally abandoned. As early as 1789, however, 
eight years after Phi Beta Kappa was established at Harvard, and long before 
the anti-masonic agitation, a committee of the Overseers reported to the board 
' that there is an institution in the university with the nature of which the 
government is not acquainted, which tends to make a aiscrimination among 
the students,' and submitted the propriety of inquiring into its nature and 
design. The chairman of that committee was the John Hancock whose signa- 
ture to the Declaration of Independence has made him immortal ! In 1831 
the Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa were induced, " after a long and angry 
discussion," participated in by Judge Story and John Quincy Adams, to throw 
open the secrets of that organization to the world. This society is said to 
constitute a kind of aristocracy of learning in a democratic country, Its name 
in full is, translated, Philosophy, the Guide of Life. A distinguished Har/ard 
professor has said that this "is the only society whose right to examine the 
condition of our scholarship is unquestioned," All other Greek Letter societies 
in our colleges are secret organizations, with the exception of the Delta Upsilon, 
which is non-secret. 

Various judgments have been pronounced upon the value of college 
fraternities. They have been denounced by not a few on the ground that they 
lead to a neglect of study and to a waste of time ; that they involve consider- 
able expense and develop habits of extravagant expenditure ; that they 
inculcate false social standards and tend to a supercilious contempt of non- 
fraternity men ; that they lead to dissipation and vice. On the other hand, we 
are fold that these organizations are helpful and wholesome ; that they have 
ftigh ideals and hold in check evil tendencies ; that the esprit de corps by which 



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they are characterized exerts an excellent influence ; that they tend to develop 
a pride of scholarship by requiring their members to complete their studies 
creditably, if for no other motive, then, for the sake of the society's reputation 
and standing ; that they are organized for the intellectual and moral and social 
improvement of their members. 

The truth of the matter is that societies differ just as individuals differ. 
There are college fraternities whose influence is not altogether wholesome, and 
from which a student had better keep aloof. There are also fraternities which 
are in a high degree in every way helpful, and to which it is an honor for any 
man to belong. If this were not the case, it would be quite impossible to 
understand the respect and affection with which mature men of the highest 
type, men like George William Curtis and Joseph H. Choate, have been wont 
to speak of their college fraternity, It would be still less possible to compre- 
hend why such men should consent to have their sons initiated into the same 
society if its influences made for evil and not good. Generalizations are always 
dangerous. We are not to condemn college societies because some of them 
may be not altogether what they should be. i^'or the same reason we should 
not commend them without reservation because some of them may be most 
wholesome and helpful. It is as necessary to discriminate between societies 
as it is between individuals. A student proposing to enter a college fraternity 
should study its membership and determine whether the men who compose it 
are the manner of men he wants for friends, This much, however, should in 
all fairness be said : No college fraternity can be wholly bad and long exist in 
any reputable university. It is the duty of college authorities to weed out bad 
men. Men who abandon themselves to dissipation and to a neglect of work, 
when they are found out, as sooner or later they are pretty sure to be, are set 
adrift. And a society composed of men inclined to dissipation would be under 
the necessity of reforming itself before it became very bad, or it would be liable 
to be suppressed by action of the proper authorities. 

The fact that the universities permit these organizations to exist affords 
strong presumption that they are favorably regarded, and that as a class their 
influence is for good rather than evil. Princeton is the only institution of any 
particular prominence in the country in which fraternities are prohibited, and 
there is no reason to believe that the morale of the student body is any higher 
there than in the institutions in which a contrary policy is pursued. Indeed it 
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that these organizations on the whole simplify college government and are an 
aid to administrative officers in the influences which they bring to bear in 
favor of correct living. 

The following table gives the Mei. General Fraternities established 
between 1825 and 1873 inclusive, showir^ the institutions in vhich they were 
^'rst established and the date of organize'-" ;n : 



Kappa Abha jn College 

Sigma Phi . ... . , . . | .Union College 

Delta Phi . . . . ... . ^^'^ion College 

Alpha Delta Phi .amilton College 

Psi Upsilon . •'.ion College 

Delta Upsilon \ liams . 

Beta Theta Pi IVi ni University 

Chi Psi Ur .n College 



Delta Kappa Epsilon 
Zeta Psi .... 
Delta Psi ... 
Theta Delta Chi . 
Phi Gamma Delta 



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New York University . 

. Columbia 

o , . Union College , . . , 

. . . Jefferson College . , . 

Phi Delta Theta Miami University . ' . . 

Phi Kappa Sigma .... University of Pennsylyania 

Phi Kappa Psi Jefferson College . . , 

Chi Phi Princeton 

Sigma Chi Miami University . 

.Sigma Alpha Epsilon . . . University of Alabama 

O'-lta Tau Delta Bethany College . . . 

Alpha Tau Omega , . . . Virginia Military Institute 

^ appa Alpha (Southern) . . Washington and Lee . . 

Kappa Sigma University of Virginia . . 

Pi Kappa Alpha University of Virginia . . 

Sigma Nu Virginia Military Institute 

Phi Sigma Kappa .... Massachusetts Agr'l College 

These organizations pride themselves on a distinguished membership. 
They number among their adherents many men who have won eminence in 
statesmanship, diplomacy, jurisprudence, letters, the arts, and in all the various 
walks of life. There are found in the faculties of the universities their strong 
supporters, men whose personal experience and observation has led them to the 



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1827 

1827 

1832 

1833 

1834 

1839 

1841 

1844 

1846 

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1848 

1848 

1850 

1852 

1854 

1855 

1856 

1860 

1865 

1865 

1867 

1868 

1869 

1873 



conclusion that these societies are worthy of a place in our institutions for the 
higher learning. But every effort should be nnade to keep these organizations 
from degenerating into mere social clubs, and no person should be admitted 
into their membership unless he is possessed of those intellectual, moral and 
social qualities which render intimate association with him desirable and help- 
ful. Fraternity men are sometimes accused of entertaining a weak, narrow 
and unworthy prejudice which occasionally leads them to look down upon or 
to depreciate non-fraternity or " neutral " men. It may be that such a spirit 
now and then appears. That it is discreditable and unworthy is evident. But 
that it is largely entertained is not believed. That it should be frowned upon 
by all admits of no doubt. 

Henry Wade Rogers. 



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DURANTE VITA 

Arcana coelestia ; 
Sic sunto perpekia. 

r^URANTE vita ; aye to end of life, 

*— ^ What hallowed, golden memories are rife, 

O'ertopping Recollection's thronging plain, 

Uprise the colums of a lofty fane. 

No hooded monks nor priestly denizens 

Its altars guard, or dole its benisons 

To cringing devotees whose every word 

Is by direction of some mitered lord. ' 

The humblest pilgrim to this mystic shrine ^ 

A monarch is, by kingly rights divine ; 

While most exalted of this knightly clan, 

Despite his rank, is but a fellow man. 

Here brothers on a common level meet, 

The ancient ties to weld, the new to greet ; 

And hither may the wanderers return 

Whose hearts for friendship unalloyed still yearn, 

Inscribed above this portal as you pass 

Appears the simple word '' Fraternitas." 

O temple beautiful, temple fair, 

What fond associations cluster there ! 

The hopes, ambitions, loves of Springtime days, 

That linger in a mellow Autumn haze ; 

A fellowship which casteth out all fears. 

Unshaken in the flood of passing years. 

Fit emblem thou of that millenial good — 

Humanity's united brotherhood. 

These sacred memories shall still be rife, 

Forsooth durante vita. — during life. 

Albert Judson Fisher. 



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EARLY DAYS 

IN the striking development of the American college the growth of the social 
side has kept close and steady pace, crystalizing in what is termed the 
Fraternity System. So perfectly and systematically has the fraternity or 
brotherhood idea grown that to-day there are few colleges of reputation, rank 
or size that are not largely influenced and controlled by it. 

The birti'i of the system dates from the historic year of American Inde- 
dependence. Like the nation, small and tremolmg, but brave, the first chapter 
of a Greek Letter Society announced its advent in the patriotic village of 
Williamsburg, Va., on a bleak December night, 1776. It was here in this 
secluded village, amid the primeval forests, that had been founded in the clos- 
mg days of the seventeenth century the second oldest college on American soil. 

Perhaps the Virginia colony lacked that devotion to religion and education 
that characterized the self-sacrificing men who e^itablished Harvard ; yet the 
love of that culture born only of education and liberty was exemplified in the 
founding of a college so early in the history of the colony. 

Near the old college walls stood a modest hostelry where hospitality was 
dispensed in true colonial fashion. College and tavern grew old together, and 
their frequenters little dreamed of the place in history both were destined to 
take. But within the Raleigh Inn the voice of Patrick Henry, in tones which 
perpetuated his name, uttered the first battle note of the struggle for independ- 
ence, and in the year that witnessed the same sentiment, armed with legislative 
authority, five students of William and Mary, while seated at the hospitable 
board of the Raleigh Inn. expressed their bond of fellowship in a written 
constitution. This society was known by the Greek letters " Phi Beta Kappa." 
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students, but their aim was considered best so subserved and its members were 
only known by a badge in the form of a small golden key upon which was 
engraved " Phi Beta Kappa," the initials of their motto. 

In 1779 a newcomer arrived among the students of William and Mary in 
the person of Mr. Elisha Parmele. Mr. Parmele was initiated into the mys- 
teries of Phi Beta Kappa, and so thoroughly was he convinced that the Virginia 
dinners enjoyed by this society would taste equally as well at Harvard and 
Yale, where he had formerly studied, that he journeyed one fine fall day, by 
horse and stage, to New Haven, where, in December, 1779, he established the 
chapter at Yale, and a few days later there was added to the Hasty Pudding 
and Institute of 1770 at Harvard the Southern society of Phi Beta Kappa. 
Thus were the first chapters of the oldest Greek letter society founded. 

But the Alpha chapter was destined to soon experience the evil effects of 
war, which has twice clothed the college of William and Mary in poverty. In 
1781, General Cornwallis, advancing near Williamsburg, forced this 'university 
to temporarily close. The chapter necessarily became extinct. Hsrvard and 
Yale, however, rapidly extended the order, and chapters were soon thriving at 
Dartmouth, Williams, Bowdoin and Amherst. More than seventy years after 
the suspending of the parent chapter, one of the original members, although 
nearly a centenarian, made the long journey from Philadelphia to William and 
Mary to re-establish the chapter. 

As the century was nearing the end of its first quarter, time-honored Phi 
Beta Kappa had already lost the social characteristics of a Raleigh Inn dinner, 
and, more and more, an election to its membership was considered as a reward 
of scholastic merit. The golden key, so proudly worn by Virginia youths as 
the insignija of genial fellowship, was now taken as evidence of the possession 
of book lore and literary attainments. 

Under these conditions, it is not strange that in 1825, at old Union College, 
four members of Phi Beta Kappa should reincarnate the lost spirit of the youths 
of '76 and boldly launch a secret society called Kappa Alpha. This was the 
first of the modern Greek letter fraternities, and it was not a great departure 
from the original idea of Phi Beta Kappa. They also had chosen a motto, by 
the initials of which they were known. Their badge was not a departure from 
the original idea of the older society. They also adopted a key, the only 
change being that they suspended it from a corner instead of ^'rom the center 
of its equal sides. 



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It was c stormy sea upon which this new craft embarked. The faculty 
was anfriendly. The student body, long accustomed to open literary societies, 
found no room for the new project. Yet the society prospered. It won its 
way into the heart of college life. Friend and foe acknowledged the courtesy 
of its members and the genialty of the wearers of the new badge. 

Sigma Phi soon followed Kappa Alpha on the same campus, and in the 
short course of a few years other fraternities appeared, and the system of Greek 
letter brotherhoods became fairly and firmly launched. 

It is interesting to reflect on the early days, when the Greek letter men 
were invariably the minority of the student body, and conditions everywhere 
seemed hostile to their existence. But the fraternity, contrary to expecta- 
tions, proved to be an association whose influence was to broaden, rather than 
to narrow, the friendship of its members. It was a plea for friendship rather 
than a protest against it. and its influence became felt beyond the banded 
fellowship of its own conservative circle. 

In the early days the chapter was a fraternity in itself, and if the mother 
chapter had planted charters in other colleges, the association between the two 
was not as intimate as it is to-day. It was seldom they came together. The 
fraternity interest seemed to be measured by the days in college, and was 
counted only a pleasant memory in the years which followed commencement. 
Those who organized these fraternities and shaped their policy in the early- 
days builded far wiser than they knew. 

Many are the men who answer to the roll-call of the classes of the thirties 
and forties, who, years after they had worn the old fraternity pin, found some 
genial youth displaying on his vest the old familiar insignia, and upon inquiry 
as to when and where such good fortune befell him, learned that the fraternity, 
which had grown dim and almost forgotten, had become an organization of 
strength and power, and its chapters were on the green campus of colleges of 
standing, from gulf to lakes, and from sea to sea. Such was the glad surprise 
to many and many of the " Older Boys." who had wandered into the commer- 
cial and professional world, leaving behind the pleasant memories of youth. 

Richard Lloyd Jones. 



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FRATERNITY 

' I "HE road that winds among the rocks, and lifts 

■^ The toiler up to heights where all the gifts, 
Most naanifold, of nature, are enhanced, 
And vistas open to the naind entranced 
With hopes half realized, is rough and steep. 
The level paths are easier to keep. 

There are no bruised feet upon the plain ; 
No sighs for hopes that proved to be in vain; 
No eyes that ache and yet refuse to weep 
Aweary grown with looking up the steep 
Ascent for that which, failing of a name 
Men call, for lack of better reason, fame. 

No balm has yet been found for such as feel 
No bruise. That rest alone is sweet and real 
When Labor first prepares the couch and makes 
Immediate, magic cure of all our aches. 

Whatever cause may underlie, 'tis true. 
That fame has been monopolized by few 
While millions failed, or else did not aspire. 
The tide of fortune lifts few from the mire. 
Who, beside Caesar passed the Rubicon? 
At Waterloo, who stood with Wellington? 
Who, with Napoleon, braved the Russian Bear? 
With Washington, who crossed the Delaware? 



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Yet there were those who well deserved the meed 
Awarded to the one. Their country's need 
Became their own, and they as freely gave 
Of their heart's blood — nor deigned one drop to save- 
As he on whom the laurel wreath was laid. 
One name shines through the years, while others fade. 

Yet fame is ever circumscribed by fears. 
Success breeds cares and victory hath its tears. 
The happiest homes are not in palace halls, 
Nor hearts found truest where the ermine fails. 

In truth, to climb Aornus were an end 

Most meet, if on the heights were found a friend 

Whose trustful soul against your own would grow. 

Too close to be cast off at any blow 

Aimed by the tongue of envy or of hate. 

They scarce deserve the nam.e of friends who wait 

On Fortune, when the brook grows shallow — fools — 

Casting about their line for deeper pools. 

These last comprise the most of humankind, 

And even fame is not so hard to find 

As the pure love from friendship's sacred mine, 

Which, purged from dross, becomes almost divine. 

Not hoarded treasure gained by years of toil, 

The finer senses being dulled meanwhile ; 

Not high position, with its motley horde 

Of clinging sycophants, whose every word 

Belies the real desire for pelf and place ; 

Not the brief honor of the winning race 

For fame, where false ambition sets the pace ; 

Not one or all combined can fill the space 

Of individual life, from dawn to dark 

With full content, whene'er there lacks the spark 



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Within the brea&t which makes of all mankind 

A brotherhood. As well attempt to find 

A pearl or diamond in the serpent's nest. 

As rare content or perfect peace and rest 

Where naught but sordid avarice abides 

And greed has scorched the soul it all but hides. 

Let that fair word, Fraternity, sink deep 

Into your hearts and lives, for round it sweep, 

At ever varying range, half of the light 

And sunshine of this life. It brings no blight. 

But bloom instead. It proves a healing balm 

To minds diseased. It finds a haven calm 

For storm-tossed souls which else mxight have been lost 

It tells the truth whatever proves the cost. 

Fraternity — thou child of college halls, ^ 

Although not circumscribed by any walls — 
To thee we pledge the cup and faith renew. 
To joys you add, in measure more than due, 
And to the sorrows, bid us kiss the rod, 
Seeing m them, fraternity with God. 

Donald D. Donnan. 



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THE COLLEGE HOMESTEADS OF GREEK LETTER 

MEN ^ 

ONE of the most important and interesting of the subjects relating to the 
growth cf the American college fraternities is that of their chapter 
houses. These have been fitly named the college homesteads of the Greek 
letter men. When the young collegian goes up to his chosen college or 
university, one of the most interesting, oftentimes most exciting and per- 
plexing, of the events of his scholastic career is the final acceptance of 
election to one of the fraternities. Not surprising, then, that the chapter 
house should be regarded with no little interest by the novitiate. 

Th(=i increase in the number of chapter houses has been coincident with 
the maturity of the fraternities, varying as to cost or architectural pretensions, 
according mostly to the age or financial ability of the proprietary chapter. 
Chapter houses or lodges are found now at nearly all the institutions where 
the Greek letter fraternities have established themselves. The earliest of 
these structures was, indeed, the pioneer of its class ; but whether the dis- 
tinction of having the first lodge or chapter house belongs to Kenyon 
College, or the University of Michigan, is in dispute. At all events, it was in 
the West, and like the houses of the sturdy pioneers who developed that 
section, it was a log cabin. It is certain that a structure of this kind on a 
secluded spot in an outlying forest, was us"^d for its secret conclaves by at least 
one of the three fraternities which, established at Michigan in the middle 



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" forties," successfully withstood the ban and outlawry of faculty interdiction. 
But probably the cabin in this case, unlike that used at Kenyon ten years later by 
the men of Delta Kappa Epsilon, was not built for the purpose. The latter was a 
fairly well-built structure of its class, forty-five feet long. The interior, ten 
feet in height, was nicely ceiled, and there was a suitable furnishing with 
carpet, chairs, tables, and the walls were adorned with a few pictures. "A 
cooking-stove, with skillet, griddles and pots complete, was the pride of the 
premises," writes an old member, " where each hungry boy could roast his 
own potatoes or cook his meat on a forked stick in true bandit style." In the 
early days, the prevailing prejudice against fraternities at most of the colleges, 
which in some cases was expressed in actual strict and fierce inhibition, with 
severest penalties, made it necessary that the members should rendezvous 
stealthily, and therefore the chapter could not have a fixed meeting place, 
much less possess a lodge or house of its own. But with the second gen- 
eration of the fraternities, when their founders were sending their sons in 
increasing numbers to claim collegiate and fraternity honors, the need for 
commodious lodgement was as natural as the vitality of the societies and the 
recognition which they had wrested from college authorities. Indeed, among 
the most earnest and influential of those to favor chapter house schemes have 
been Greek letter men of the highest standing and authority in the faculties of 
the great institutions where the fraternities maintain their strongest position. 
It has been remarked that with the development of the chapter house a 
process of evolution is going on, by which something like a dormitory system 
of a new species is coming to be established. The maintenance of a college 
homestead, with a well ordered menage, certainly rnduces a communal life 
among the members, and although objection has been raised that in one or 
two cases the club feature has led to abuses, to extravagance, and to dissi- 
pation, yet there can be no question that the influences surroundin;;; the 
couegian who has the good fortune to be domiciled in a comfortable and well- 
appointed fraternity house are wholesome and uplifting. We have the testi- 
mony on this point of that distinguished educator and statesman, Andrew D. 
V/hite. In an address at the dedication of the Psi Upsilon House at Cornell, 
he expressed the opinion that: " Both theory and experience show us that 
wl.:jn a body of young men in a university like this are given a piece of 
prov«rty, a house, its surroundings, its reputation, which for the time being 
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will treat it carefully, lovingly, because the honor of the society they love is 
bound up in it." 

And on the subject of the usefulness of the chapter house, in its relation 
to the college life of the Greek letter man, Charles Kendall Adams, President 
of the University of Wisconsin, in a letter recently published, giving his views 
upon the tendencies to extravagant expenditure and to caste among college 
students, and upon the true ideal of a college life in a dem.ocratic republic, 
declared that, " while there is unquestionably some tendency to waste a good 
deal of time in unimportant social affairs, yet on the whole it is doubtful 
whether more is not gained than lost by such associations." Pursuing the 
subject, he added : "The importance of such communal life in the friendships 
that are established and carried out into the world ought not to be overlooked. 
Usually the fraternities are more or less under the supervision of officers of 
the faculty who when in college were themselves members and who continue 
to take an interest in the success of the institutions with which they have been 
so closely identified. All of the best fraternities are an important m.eans of 
restraining the wayward, of keeping up standards of scholarship, and of pre- 
venting lawlessness and neglect of university studies. It must be admitted that 
these are advantages which are not furnished by the dormitory system. While 
here and there objections to their existence are raised, it must be evident to 
those who have observed their establishment and progress that they are des- 
tined to remain, and it is to be hoped that they will furnish very much of the 
good and prevent very much of the evil that are commonly supposed to be 
characteristic of the elder system of dormitory life." 

William Raimond Baird, author of the valuable work on " Am.erican Col- 
lege Fraternities," fitly summarizes the following cogent reasons for the useful- 
ness of fraternity chapter houses : " It is a common fact in human experience that 
people are more deeply interested in things upon which they have spent time, 
effort, or money, than in things which they have acquired without either, and 
the interest of alumni has never been so fully aroused and maintained by any 
feature of fraternity life as by the efforts which have been made to build chap- 
ter lodges and houses. The creation of building funds, the frequent consulta- 
tions as to plans and the consideration of ways and means, have intensified the 
interest of alumni in a way that nothing else has done. All of this has resulted 
in direct benefit to the colleges, and the wiser among college officials are 
encouraging the development of this feature of fraternity life in every way 



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pcosible. The advantages of the chapter-house system are not altogether on 
the side of the student. They relieve the college from the necessity of increas- 
ing the dormitory accommodations, and also of many of the details of super- 
vision over the actions of the students." 

The number of houses owned by the twenty-five fraternities represented 
in this work is one hundred and forty-one. The number of houses leased 
exceeds two hundred, and these are soon to give way in many cases to houses 
owned or erected by the chapters, plans for that purpose having been already 
adopted. The structures are of two classes. The earliest type was a lodge or 
temple, as mostly at Yale, designed and built for the exclusive purpose of a 
place where the form.al conclaves are held. It was soon found that for the 
active members of a fraternity, closely associated together throughout the 
whole college term, there was needed a structure containing, besides the hall 
or room for meetings, the complete equipment of rooms for living and social 
purposes. In the majority of cases, so rapid has been the development of the 
chapter-house system, instead of houses specially planned and erected, pur- 
chase has been made of eligible private residences, some of them possessing a 
style of architectural elegance which challenges admiration. In such cases, 
after the required alterations and fitting up, a lodge is afforded as sumptuous 
and complete as if planned specially for the purpose. The styles of architecture 
are as varied as the caprices of architects at different periods and localities. 
In the larger cities one naturally expects to find a style of chapter-house archi- 
tecture following somewhat that of the city residence or club house, while in the 
country localities hs will meet the vagaries of the Queen Anne period, mingled 
here and there with stately reproductions of the best work of the Colonial 
style. A distinct differentiation is noticeable in one of the houses at Amherst, 
and at another place an entirely novel type of architecture presents itself — a kind 
of cloister connecting the larger part of the building, where the members have 
their living rooms, by a gallery or covered way with the chapel or lodge room 
where the proceedings are held. In interior arrangement and decoration there 
is as great a difference as in external appearance. Not a few of the houses 
are furnished with everything which can be suggested by luxurious and refined 
taste or supplied with the aid of unstinted resources. The wood- work, furni- 
ture, objects of art and paintings are of a kind to please the requirements of a 
critical ffistheticism. In some cases, as denoting a tribute of honor and 
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windows and tablets, and in this connection should be mentioned the 
house which Alpha Delta Phi has erected at Hamilton College in 
commemoration of the institution there of that fraternity by its founder, 
Samuel Eels. With the progress of time, it can well be believed that there 
will bs more of these deserved memiorials. 

Besides the social feature, there must be considered also the economic 
side of the question. The cost of the chapter houses, of the ground which they 
occupy, and of their interior appointments and furnishings, varies as greatly 
as the style of architecture employed, being governed for the most part by 
the financial ability of the proprietary societies. In the smaller institutions, 
where chapter houses have been acquired by some of the younger and less 
prominent, but no less ambitious fraternities, the expenditure in a few cases 
has not exceeded sums varying from five to ten thousand dollars, but in 
general it will be found that the investment exceeds ten thousand dollars for 
land and building alone. In not a few institutions, including all the greater 
universities and colleges, there are chapter houses valuea at fifty thousand 
dollars and upwards. It is not easy to reach exactness on this point, especially 
as there has been in many cases considerable enhancement of value arising 
from improvements on the property itself or in its neighborhood. From 
nquiries made among alumni of several institutions and from careful investi- 
gation, it is estimated that the average valuation, conservatively, of the houses 
as they exist to-day is not less than twenty thousand dollars, so that, allowing 
a reasonable amount for the belongings in leased premises, the aggregate 
value of all the chapter house property of Greek letter fraternities in the 
United States is not less than two and one-half million dollars. 

It may well be expected that because of the matured age of the fraternities, 
and the increase in their membership and financial resources, the college 
homesteads of the future will be vastly superior to the structures of to-day, 
and that it will not be long before the buildings which are to be erected will 
be of a splendid type of architectural beauty and perfectness ; moreover, 
it is certain that they will be designed with strictest reference to suitability and 
permanence. 

The strengthening influence which is exerted in the direction of promoting 
the vitality of the fraternities through the development of the chapter-house 
system, as a necessary and indispensable feature of fraternity organization, 
cannot be too highly es+imated. Besides the advantage springing from the 



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communal life of the active members whose interests centre so closely in their 
chapter-house, there is to be considered the fact that in after life the college 
homestead will prove to be an attraction to the inactive member, which will 
serve to bind him to Alma Mater, and stimulate the interest and pride felt 
by every loyal Greek letter man in the advancement and glory of his 
fraternity. 

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KAPPA ALPHA 

ON a certain night in November of the year 1825, Charles Clark 
Young and Andrew E. B. Knox, of the class of '26 at Union 
College, were initiated into a new secret society, planned and organized by 
three of their classmates, who were unwittingly the founders of a great 
social factor in American college life. Kappa Alpha — for so the new- 
Society was named — was an association of kindred spirits, for social and 
literary purposes. Its founders were gentlemen and scholars, and such 
were the men whom they chose as their companions in the mystic order. 
John Hart Hunter, whose name stands at the head of the roll of member- 
ship, was a man of uncommon ability, afterward a minister of the Pres- 
byterian Church. Isaac W. Jackson and Thomas Hun (but lately deceased), 
his fellow-workers in the founding of Kappa Alpha, were both men of note, 
one long a professor at his Alma Mater, the other learned in medicine. 
Beside them in these early years stood others well known in later life — Arthur 
Burtis, Leonard Woods, William H. Wyckoff among clergymen ; Levi 
Hubbell, Amos Dean, Rufus W. Peckham (the elder), Ward Hunt among 
jurists; U. S. Senator Preston King; Augustus Schell, capitalist; General 
Jesse C. Smith, and Prof. Charles E. West. 

The proceedings of the Society were simple in the extreme, and have 
remained much as their originators planned them. For the first few years 
the membership was restricted to the two upper classes in college, but later 
the choice was made from the two lower classes as well. 

Such, in brief, is the story of the origin of the first Greek letter society 
(as the term is generally understood — Phi Beta Kappa being a literary 
society only) in the American colleges. It was soon proved that the idea of 
the founders of Kappa Alpha filled a want in the student life at Union. In 
1827 Sigma Phi and Delta Phi, organizations planned on lines similar to 
Kappa Alpha, came into existence, and in spite of opposition from students 
and faculty, the secret societies flourished, and won for themselves standing 
and reputation. The " Mother Chapter " of Kappa Alpha has been the lovec 
home of many of the best among the sons of Union, whose careers have shed 
honor upon their college and society. Its prosperity has been proportionate to 
that of the College, and over 450 names appear on its roll. 

The first branch of the Society was established at Williams College, at 
the request of a company of fourteen students, gathered into close fellowship 
by the gentle nature and winning personality of Azariah S. Clark of the class 
of 1834. Of these charier members two still survive — Rev. Thomas 
Wright, of Fenton, Mich., and Rev. Lucius Q. Curtis, of Hartford, Conn., 
the latter of whom attended the memorable meeting of the Society in New Yoik. 
at the inauguration of the Lehigh chapter in January, 1894. 



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At Williams, as at Union, the Society had its battles to fight with tradi. 
tionalists and the foes of secrecy. The recollection still lives of the night 
attack on Kappa Alpha's meeting place by the " Oudens " or Social Fraternity, 
which was repulsed by force of arms. But here again secret societies were 
not to be suppresssd by persecution. They grew in numbers, and as the years 
passed, came little by little to be what they are to-day, the most delightful 
feature of academic life in Williamstown. 

Like the mother chapter, Kappa Alpha at Williams at first found a home 
in the rooms of its members, but soon quarters were provided for it in a 
private house on the borders of the town, where its meetings were held for 
many years. The present beautiful lodge, situated on a most desirable spot 
JDH the Williamstovm street, was dedicated in 1877. 

The membership of the Chapter since its foundation has been over 400, 
and from 15 to 20 undergraduates, several of whom live in the lodge, usually 
compose the active chapter. 

The Geneva chapter, founded at Geneva (now Hobart) College, in 1844, 
grew out of a burlesque local society called " The Skin and Bones," and was 
established largely by the efforts of members of the Williams chapter. Of the 
charter members — four of whom were present at the commencement reunion 
in 1898 — there survive Gen. Edward S. Bragg, of Wisconsin; Rev. 
Lawrence S. Stevens, of Michigan ; Rev. Joseph M. Clarke and Rev. 
Peyton Gallagher, of New York. Meetings were held in a hotel in Geneva, 
and for several years the Society prospered in its new home. 

The chapter was suspended in 1854, but after a lapse of twenty-five years, 
it was revived by the enthusiasm of the old alumni. Since then it has been 
uniformly successful, and now occupi&s an attractive and roomy chapter 
house, on the main street of Geneva, overlooking Seneca Lake. Its total 
membership is 174, and the active chapter numbers about twenty. 

Several alumni of the Union and Williams chapters, living in Princeton, 
N. J., in 1852, were instrumental in founding a chapter of K. A. at the 
College of New Jersey, in that year. The new chapter, made up of men of 
talent and of prominence in college, was full of promise at its beginning. 
Hardly had it become fairly established, however, when it encountered the 
opposition of the college authorities, which in the end drove the genial in- 
fluence of all Greek letter fraternities out of Princeton. Throughout the 
protracted struggle Kappa Alpha pursued an honorable course, and, when it 
was found impossible to continue the chapter as became the dignified 
character of the Society, the charter was surrendered in 1856. Among the 
members of the chapter at Princeton were John P. Poe, afterwards Attorney 
General of Maryland; John P. Jackson, Jr., Speaker of the Lower House of 
the New Jersey State Legislature; the Rev. William C. Roberts, of the 
Presbyterian Church ; and Telfair Hodgson, Vice-Chancellor of the University 
■^i the S^uth. 



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Out of the suppression of the Princeton chapter grew the founding of 
another branch of the Society. Joseph Hodgson", who was graduated from 
Princeton in 1856, took up the study of law at the University of Virginia, an.'' 
secured the granting of a charter to a body of students there in the same yea: 

The Virginia chapter was prosperous until the breaking out of the Civil 
War in 1861, when exercises at the University were practically suspended, 
and most of the members of the Society took the field for the Confederacy. Of 
those who survived the first two years of the war, almost all held positions of 
importance in the service. At the close of the war, none of the Chapter 
returned to the University, and the Society has never been revived there. 

The Cornell chapter began its career with that of the University in 1868. 
It rapidly grew in strength, and has had an honorable history. A costly 
chapter house was erected on the University campus in 1887, which furnished 
a home for the Society until its destruction by fire on.Dsc. 29, 1898. Plans 
for the rebuilding of the lodge are rapidly progressing, and the burned build- 
ing will soon be replaced by another of equal, if not superior, beauty and 
usefulness. The chapter roll of Cornell contains over 200 names, and her 
active membership is always large in the various schools o%the University. 

Though the majority of the Greek letter fraternities have yielded to the 
tendency to enlarge their borders by the addition of new chapters, Kappa 
Alpha has long and consistently resisted it. " Quality and not quantity " has 
been her distinguishing mark. In recent years three chapters only have been 
established — at Toronto University in Canada in 1892; at the Lehigh University 
in Pennsylvania in 1894, and at McGill University, Montreal, in 1899. 

Aside from the life-long and close connection which every graduate 
Kappa Alpha man keeps with the Society through his own chapter, the 
alumni of all chapters enjoy frequent meetings. Chief among these are the 
annual dinners, held in the winter in New York, and the annual conventions, 
held with the active chapters in May or June. Boston and Buffalo has each 
its annual dinner, and reunions are frequently held in Chicago by the 
western members of Kappa Alpha. 

Catalogues have been published at intervals, the last, issued in 1892, 
being a complete biographical record of the members, with historical sketches 
of the chapters. A supplement to this work, issued in the present year (1899), 
brings the record down to date. Annual reports are also published by the 
Executive Council, the governing body of the Society. 

Honorary members have not been admitted to Kappa Alpha. Among 
the eminent members of the Society may be mentioned : In public life : 
U. S. Senators Preston King, of New York, and James Dixon, of Connecticut ; 
U. S. Representatives Thomas Allen, of Missouri; Charles L. Beale, John M. 
Carroll and John B. Steele, of New York; Jesse O. Norton, of Illinois, and 
Gabriel Bouck, of Wisconsin ; Associate Justice Ward Hunt, of the U. S. 
Supreme Court; Governor Henry M. Hoyt, of Pennsylvania, Surgeon-General 



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J. RufusTryon, of the Navy; General Albert J. Myer, of the U. S. Signal 
Service ; and S. G. W. Benjamin, U. S. Minister to Persia. 

In the Christian ministry : Arthur Burtis, Edward D. G. Prime, Wilham 
W Harsha, Robert R. Booth, Henry M. Booth, John L. Nevius, William C. 
Roberts, and J. Clement French, of the Presbyterian Church ; William H. 
Wyckoff and Justin A. Smith among Baptists ; James G. Johnson among 
Congregationalists ; James M. Willson among Reformed Presbyterians, 
William Tatlock among Episcopalians, and Frederick Z. Rooker of the 
Roman Catholic Church. 

Inlaw: Judges Rufus W. Peckham (the elder), James C. Smith and 
George F. Danforth, of the New York Supreme Court : Francis R. E. Cornell, 
of the Minnesota Supreme Court ; Charles B. Lawrence, Chief Justice of ths 
Illinois Supreme Court ; John P. Poe, Attorney-General of Maryland ; Owen 
T, Coffin, for many years Surrogate of Westchester County, N. Y. ; John K. 
Porter, Wheeler H. Peckham, and Marcus T. Hun, of New York; and Francis 
H. Dewey, of Massachusetts. 

In education : College Presidents L. Clark Seelye, of Smith ; Leonard 
Woods, of Bowdoin; Charles J. A. Schaeffer, of Iowa State University ; Paul 
A. Chadbourne, of Williams, and Eliphalet N. Potter, of Hobart and Union; 
Professors Isaac W. Jackson, of Union; Charles A. Joy and Charles F. Chandler, 
of Columbia; William H. Chandler, of Lehigh; Nathaniel H. Griffin, of 
Williams ; George L. Raymond, of Princeton ; T. Frederick Crane, John L. 
Morris, and Charles F. Hartt, of Cornell ; Dean Edward H. Griffin, of Johns 
Hopkins ; Vice-Chancellor Telfair Hodgson, of the University of the South ; 
Charles B. Hubbell, President of the Board of Education of New York City ; 
Charles E. West, of Brooklyn, the veteran educator of young women ; Henry 
R. Pierson, Chancellor of the New York State University. 

Among authors and editors : Solomon B. Griffin, of The Springfield 
Republican : Joseph Hodgson, of The Mobile Register : Francis E. Leupp, 
of The New York Evening Post; Lewis H. Morgan, the ethnologist, 
Fitzhugh Ludlow, and Theodore Stanton, of Paris. 

In military life: Generals Jesse C. Smith, John C. Starkweather, Has- 
brouck Davis, Edward S Bragg, Ranald S. Mackenzie, and William B. 
Barton. 

In various other occupations: Thomas Hun, Walter D. Day, William D. 
Granger, and Francis H. Davenport among physicians; Augustus Schell and 
John Boyd Thacher in politics; and William A. Potter, architect. 

Talcott M. Banks. 




FRANCIS E. LEUPP 
JOHN C. PENNIE 



WILLIAM MEYER LEWIN. 
S. G. W. BENJAMIN 



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KAPPA ALPHA ROSTER 



Addison, Thomas G., 219 C, 
N. W. 

Bates, Henry H.— C. H.— Hobart 
College — '54 — Solicitor of Pat- 
ents, McGill Building — The 
Portland. 

Benjamin, S. G. W. — C. G. — Wil- 
liams College — '59 — Author, 
Artist, Diplomat — Washington, 
D. C. 

Crisfield, Arthur, Library of Con- 
gress. 

Jewett, Robert D., 1833 Jefferson 
PL, N. W. 



Leupp, Francis E.— C. G.— Wil- 
liams College— '70— Journalist^ 
45 Wyatt Building— 1813 Six- 
tenth, N. W. 

Lewin, Wm. Meyer— C. C— Union 
— '82 — Lawyer, 406 5th, N. W. — 
Hyattsville, Md. 

Nicholson, George D., Pension 
Office. 

Pennie, John C. — C. C. — Union 
College— '77 — Lawyer, McGill 
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SIGMA PHI 

THE Sigma Phi fraternity was founded at Union College, Schenectady, 
New York, on March 4, 1827. It is the second of the general Greek 
letter societies in point of age. 

Thomas F. Bowie, John T. Bowie, Thomas S. Witherspoon and Charles 
T. Cromwell were its founders. 

The fraternity is small in chapter-roll and membership, but claims prece- 
dence, not unjustly, as the most homogeneous and closely %trganized of the 
Greek letter societies. It stands, and has always stood, for conservatism in the 
matter of chapters and membership, holding that the true purpose of such an 
institution can be realized only under conditions admitting of fullest mutual 
acquaintanceship and fraternal intercourse. 

The fraternity has established a total of ten chapters, all but two of which 
are still active and prosperous. The chapter at New York University was 
withdrawn as a matter of fraternity policy, Sigma Phi holding to the tenet 
that true fraternity life cannot exist in a city college. The Princeton chapter 
succumbed to the same influence which caused the withdrawal of every frater- 
nity charter from that institution. 

The present chapter-roll is as follows: Union College, 1827; Hamilton 
College, 1831; Williams College, 1834; Hobart College, 1840; University of 
Vermont, 1845; University of Michigan, 1858; Lehigh University, 1887; 
Cornell University, 1890. 

The total membership of the fraternity is but little over two thousand. 

All the chapters, with the single exception of that at the University of 
Vermont, own their own houses. 

The fraternity is incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, 
and some chapters are ssparately incorporated under the laws of their own 
States. 



While the fraternity maintains no alumni chapters, still the relationship 
existing among members in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Boston and Roch- 
ester may be said to be much closer than that of many fraternities claiming 
active organizations. 

Sixteen catalogues have been published. The first one was issued in 
1834 and the last one in 1892. Reports, addresses and songs are published 
from time to time. 

The badge of Sigma Phi is of the monogram type, the Sigma being 
placed on the Phi. The colors are light blue and white. 

While Sigma Phi does not hold to the idea that distinguished m.embership 
marks the measure of fraternity position, it realizes that the attainments of its 
members go far in upholding the prestige of the fraternity. It is able to 
quote the names of many men now of national prominence who have ever 
been, as in student days, proud to display the emblems of Sigma Phi. Among 
such may be mentioned Elihu Root, Secretary of War ; Charles J. Folger, 
late Secretary of the Treasury ; Andrew D. White, Minister to Germany, 
and ex-President of Cornell University ; John Bigelow, Minister to France ; 
ex-United States Senator In galls ; Congressmen Thomas F. Bowie, John 
Cochrane, C. B. Cochrane, T. T. Davis, Charles B. Sedgwick, Andrew Oliver, 
G. C. Walker, A. B. Olin, A. H. Laflin, 0. Cole, Samuel Knox, J. Mullen, 
W. W. Campbell, E. Einstein, T. A. Merriman and James S. Sherman ; and 
Governors Beall, of Wisconsin ; Hoffman, of New York ; Hartranft, of 
Pennsylvania, and Walker, of Virginia ; Bishop Worthington, of Nebraska ; 
Howard Potter, late of Brown Bros. & Co., Bankers ; Douglass Boardman, 
E. H. Rosekrans, Daniel Pratt, and James Noxon, Judges Supreme Court, 
George F. Comstock, Judge Court of Appeals of New York ; Surrogate 
Alexander W. Bradford, General Daniel Butterfield, Dr. Lewis A. Sayre and 
Leonard W. Jerome. 

John H. Post. 




THOMAS WARD 



lOI 



SIGMA PHI ROSTER. 



Bulk-ley, John W., 1723 N, N. W. 

Chapman, Edwin L., 1744 S, N. 
W. 

Dodge, Norman, iii ist, N. E. 

Duel], Charles H., 2025 Columbia 
Road. 

Featherstonhaugh, Thomas R., 114 
Maryland Ave. 

Ingalls, John J., The Cairo. 

Johnson, Benjamin R., 1829 G, 
N. W. 

Kenny, Albert S., 1402 Chapin, 
N. W. 

Kimball Harry G., 1829 G, N. W. 

Kirkland, Joseph F., 2027 I, N. W. 

Morrill, James S. — Alpha — Uni- 
versity of Vermont — '80 — Law- 
yer — I Thomas Circle. 

Root, Elihu, 1626 Rhode Island 
Ave. 

Root, Elihu, Jr., 1626 Rhode Is- 
land Ave. 



Sawtelle, Edmund M., 1926 N, 
N. W. 

Sherman, James S., The Nor- 
mandie. 

Stevens, Lucius K., 1829 G, N. W. 

Stocking, Solon W., 1013 H, N. W. 

Van Rensselaer, John, 2 Thomas 
Circle. 

Ward, Thomas — Alpha of New 
York — Military Academy, West 
Point, '6s, and Union College, 
'73 to '77 — Colonel and Assistant 
Adjutant General, U. S. A., 
War Department — 1901 N, N. 
W. 

Warfield, Frederick Parkman — 
Beta of New York — Hamilton 
College — '96 — Assistant Examin- 
er, Patent Office — 1829 G. 

Whallon, Henry A., 1740 Riggs PI. 

Wood Frederic T., 1829 G, N. 
W. 



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DELTA PHI 

THE Delta Phi Fraternity may justly, and not without pride, lay claim to 
being one of the first to inaugurate Greek letter secret society life in 
A.merican colleges. It was founded at Union College, on November 17, 1827, 
and was the third to be there established, thus being the third oldest in this 
country. Shortly after the foundation of Delta Phi a controversy arose among 
the students of Union College as to the desirability of secret societies. Open 
war was declared against them, and the three fraternities were summoned be- 
fore the faculty of Union College to show cause why they should not be dis- 
banded. The defense devolved largely on Delta Phi. At that time it was the 
custom for college boys to wear distinctive caps, without brims. On the 
front of this cap the fraternity pin was worn. The other two fraternities for 
a time ceased to wear their badges, but Delta Phi persisted in its course and 
selected one of its members, John J. Hyde, to present the Fraternity's case 
to the faculty and trustees. This he did with great brilliancy and clearness, 
and won then and there a victory not only for his own society, but for all 
other fraternities having like principles and equally high standing. So well 
was the cause of fraternity life defended, and so clearly was it shown that the 
fundamental laws of Delta Phi tended towards the high standing of the 
student as a scholar and a gentleman, that President Nott of Union College 
requested to be made an honorary member. Thus Delta Phi was early 
associated with the high principles of American scholarship. 

The history of the Delta Phi Fraternity is the history of American college 
fraternity life. Its aims and characteristics have been reflected in the forma- 
tion of many other societieis, whose founders, familiar with the struggle for life 
which Delta Phi made at Union College, admired its earnestness of purpose, 
loyalty to college and fidelity to its ideals. The very success which has 
crowned other fraternities as well as Delta Phi, exhibits in a marked degree 
the fruitfulness of the ground in which, it is not too much to say, Delta 
Phi planted the seeds of college fraternity life. Every fraternity has some 
characteristics and individualities which distinguish it from other fraternities, 
and the feature which seems to mark Delta Phi is the close adherence to its 
high aims and unity of purpose, exhibited in its early history, and it has ever 
been true to its traditions. In every American college except one, fraternity 



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life has been uniformly successful, and in this one college local reasons and 
associations are responsible for the absence, and no doubt the college is the 
loser. And in this college Delta Phi had a chapter before objections were 
made, and the members of that chapter made a gallant struggle for life. 
When every argument failed to move the innate prejudices of a faculty 
dominated by an un-American President it asked for a revocation of its 
charter and pledged its word never to re-establish without permission of th& 
faculty, and it has kept its word, and though other fraternities are said to 
have had chapters at this college sub rosa, Delta Phi has maintained its 
reputation, and the Theta Chapter is now but a memory of a glorious past. 

Animated by high ideals and a lofty idea of patriotism, the part played in 
the Civil War by the members of Delta Phi is part of the history of the country, 
and the stories told of the members of the Union Chapter who were in th& 
Union army meeting with their brothers of the North Carolina Chapter 
serving in the Confederate army, in battle array, showed that the bond be- 
tween them was indissoluble. In the last war, Delta Phis also showed the 
stuff of which they were made. The port watch on the Maine, the fateful 
night of February 15, 1898, when that vessel was blown up in the harbor 
of Havana, was a Delta Phi — Ensign J. J. Blandin, who was saved that night, 
but who died a few months later. He was a founder of the Johns Hopkins 
Chapter. 

Members of the Delta Phi enlisted in many regiments, and one of the 
first to fall in the first Santiago fight was Marcus Denison Russell, of the 
Lambda Chapter. Another Delta Phi, Col. Charles King, a graduate of West 
Point and Columbia, and the author of many charming stories of army life, 
was made a Brigadier General and commanded a portion of the Amer- 
ican army in the Philippines. He was a member of an old New York 
family and a son of Charles King, one time President of Columbia College. He 
served with distinction, but was wounded and forced to return home. Another, 
Charles F. Rockwell, enlisted in the Cuban army, prior to our war with Spain, 
and served v/ith Gomez and was noted for his gallantry and bravery. He 
died on the field of battle in Cuba. And when the war was over, President 
McKinley appointed a Delta Phi as a member of the Peace Commission, 
Senator Cushman K. Davis had served with distinction in a Wisconsin regi- 
ment in the war of the Rebellion, became Governor of Minnesota and 
United States Senator, which position he still fills with credit to himself and 
to his State. Col. John Jacob Astor, one of the members of the Harvard 



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Chapter, is another Delta Phi who served with distinction and signal ability in- 
the war with Spain. '^hus Delta Phi was identified from the first to the last 
with the fateful conflict between the United States and Spain. From the 
blowing up of the Maine until the final act at Pg-is, on the 24th of 
December, 1898, when the treaty was signed, members of the Delta Phi 
took an active and controlling part. 

The government of the fraternity is lodged in a central body, whose 
tenure of office is dependent on the will of the delegates assembled in annual 
convention. 

Altogether eight catalogues have been published, the dates of the various 
editions being as follows: 1847, 1851, 1868, 1875, 1883, 1887, 1893 and 1897. 
The last catalogue contained illustrations of the various chapter houses of the 
fraternity. 

The Columbia, Rutgers, Harvard, Sheffield, Pennsylvania, Union and 
New York University chapters own houses, the last three having been recently^ 
erected. ^ 

The Rensselaer Polytechnic, Johns Hopkins and Cornell chapters rent 
houses. 

The badge is in the form of a Maltese cross with an elliptical disc in the 
center, on which appears the letters " Delta Phi." This badge was adopted in 
1832. The badge previous to that time had been an elliptical disc surrounded 
by scroll work and usually worn as a watch-guard pendant. The fraternity 
colors are blue and white. 

Alumni clubs, or associations, of Delta Phi have been organized in New 
York City, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, Schenectady, Troy, New 
Brunswick and New Haven. 

The following is the chapter roll of Delta Phi : 1827, Alpha, Union College, 
Schenectady, N. Y.; 1838, Beta, Brown University, Providence, R. I.; 1841, 
Gamma, University of City of New York, New York City ; 1842, Delta, 
Columbia College, New York City ; 1845, Epsilon, Rutgers College, New 
Brunswick, N. J.; 1845, Zeta, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; 1849, 
Eta, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.; 1864, Lambda, Rensselaer 
Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y.; 1884, Nu, Lehigh University, South Beth- 
lehem, Pa.; 1885, Xi, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; 1889, 
Omicron, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; 1891, Pi, Cornell University, 
Ithaca, N. Y. 

James Du.ane Livingston. 




CUSHMAN K. DAVIS 
WALTER DORSEY DAVIDGE, JR. 



JAMES MARION JOHNSTON 
CONWAY BETHUNE HUNT 




JAMES ARMITAGE EMERY 



i 



GODWIN ORDWAY 



Ill 



DELTA PHI ROSTER 



Cooke, Morris L., 1013 14th. 

Croft, Clayton I., 816 8th, N. E. 

Cropper, John — Delta — Columbia 
— '70 — Lawyer — 1742 M. 

Ciishing, Samuel, Southern Rail- 
way, Alexandria. 

Davis, Cushman K. — Iota — Uni- 
versity of Michigan — '57 — Law- 
yer, United States Senator, St. 
Paul, Minn. 

Davidge, Walter Dorsey, Jr. — Zeta 

— Harvard — '88 — Lawyer, i Cor- 
coran Building — 1624 H, N. W. 

Emery, James Armitage — Xi — 
Johns Hopkins — '89 — Chemist, 
Department of Agriculture — 
183 1 F, N. W. 

Gould, Tracy, 1914 13th, N. W. 

'jraham, James A., Pension Office, 
jraham, Robert D., 631 Pennsyl- 
vania Ave. 
lunt, Conway Bethune — Lambda 
— Rensselaer Polytechnic — '82 — 
Civil Engineer, District Build- 
ing — 2015 N, N. W. 
ohnston, James Marion — Theta — 
Princeton — '70 — Vice-President 
Rigg's National Bank — 1628 K. 



Johnston, Walter F., Patent Office. 

Johnston, William B., 1603 K, N. 
W. 

Ordway, Godwin — Eta — Lehigh — 
'94 — Second Lieutenant, 3d Cav- 
alry, War Department — Fort 
Myer, Va. 

Poor, Charles Henry — Eta — Penn- 
sylvania — '67 — 1614 2ISt. 

Poor, Charles Longstreet — Lamb- 
da — Rensselaer Polytechnic, 
Troy — '95 — Ensign, U. S. N., 
Navy Department — 1614 21st. 

Ridgway, Thomas, care War De- 
partment. 

Satterlee, Henry Y., 1407 Massa- 
chusetts Ave. 

Skillman, Enos A., 214 New Jer- 
sey Ave., S. E. 

Talty, Albert W., 191 1 F, N. W. 
Voorhees, Samuel S., Southern 
Railway, Alexandria. 

Wallace, William McG, Navy 
Department. 

Welsh, William H., Treasury De- 
partment. 



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ALPHA DELTA PHI 

THE Alpha Delta Phi was founded in the year 1832 at Hamilton College, 
Clinton, N. Y., by five students, the leader of whom was Samuel Eells, a 
young man of great promise, who died ten years later at the age of thirty-two. 
His law partner, Salmon P. Chase, afterwards Chief Justice of the United 
States, also a member of the fraternity, wrote of him : "% rejoice in the 
thought that the fraternity he founded and loved has become the abiding 
monument of his genius and virtues." The original design of the founder was 
not to form a mere local society, but to make the organization, to use his own 
words, " national and universal in its adaptations," " a living, growing, 
self-perpetuating institution." Before the death of Eells, the fraternity 
numbered ten chapters, Hamilton, Miami, Urban (at New York University), 
Columbia, Yale, Amherst, Brunonian (at Brown University), Harvard, Geneva 
(at Hobart College), and Hudson (at Western Reserve College). In the 
meantime its organization had been perfected, and the fraternity had become 
a compact whole composed of chapters, each of which managed its internal 
affairs, the supreme power being lodged in a convention of the chapters 
meeting at regular periods. 

The fraternity proceeded on its way without further extension for the five 
years following the death of its founder. From 1846 to 1857, seven chapters 
were established, at Dartmouth, University of Michigan, Rochester, Alabama, 
Williams, College of the City of New York and Wesleyan, so that the 
twenty-fifth anniversary of its foundation was celebrated by seventeen active 
chapters. The fraternity was now firmly established and was widely known 
and distinguished for the high standing of its members in scholarship, public 
station, and character. 



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During the following three years three new chapters, Union, Kenyon, and \ 
Cumberland, were added to the list, and then no further growth in chapters \ 
took place until 1869, when a chapter was founded at Cornell University | 
shortly after the opsning of that institution. In 1877 the Phi Kappa chapter | 
was formed at Trinity College, Hartford, and received its name from the j 
local society, which was transformed into a chapter of Alpha Delta Phi. 1 
Several of the other chapters have likewise been formed from the members of I 
some local organization of similar character and tendencies. | 

During the next twelve years no further extension occurred, but the j 
chapters at Yale, Harvard and Columbia, each of which had suspended its 1 
active functions for some years, were re-established. In 1882 the fraternity \ 
celebrated, in the city of New York, its fiftieth anniversary, a most memorable ' 
occasion, notable for the long array of distinguished men who participated in "; 
the public and social exercises, among them George William Curtis, Donald t 
G. Mitchell, Richard S. Storrs, Joseph H. Choate, John Jay, Edward Everett j 
Hale, Hamilton W. Mabie. ^ 

The growth in chapters was resumed in 1889 by their establishment in : 
several universities, thus considerably extending the geographical boundaries I 
of the fraternity, which is now no longer confined to the United States, the , 
new chapters being located at Johns Hopkins, University of Minnesota, \ 
Toronto, Chicago and McGill. The last established chapter is that at McGili \ 
University, Montreal, and is the twenty-eighth in order, twenty-three of which ■ 
are in active operation. The total membership is over 8,0C0, of whom about i 
6,000 are living. 

The catalogue issued by the fraternity during the past year is considered ; 
the most complete publication of the kind which has appeared. It contains ; 
the names, addresses, and in most cases, biographical sketches of the 8,163 ; 
members, classified in chapters ; the history of each chapter, with views of \ 
most of the chapter houses ; the record of the military services of members ; 
of the fraternity during the War of the Rebellion, in which, over twenty-four j 
per cent, of the membership then eligible for military service served in the [ 
armies or navies either of the Union or of the Confederacy ; a classified j 
kinship list giving the names of grandfathers and grandsons, fathers and sons, | 
brothers, cousins, uncles and nephews ; a locality index, showing the members ► 
residing in each town of every State and an alphabetical index of the whole. | 



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This was the thirteenth catalogue published, and was modeled upon the 
semi-centennial catalogue of 1882, which was considered a model of complete- 
ness and workmanship. 

It is superfluous to cite names here as illustrative of the high rank held by 
Alpha Delta Phi in the professional, literary, scientific, business and social 
worlds, when its catalogue is filled with so many eminent names. In law, we 
may note that in 1893 one-third of the justices of the Supreme Court of the 
United States were members of the fraternity; while in 1895, the leading 
counsel in the great Income Tax Case, before that tribunal, were Seward, 
Choate and Carter, one of whom was the president of the fraternity, another his 
predecessor in office, and the third now holds the same position. In education 
the Alpha Delta Phi holds the presidencies of at least t3n leading colleges and 
universities ; three of its members were recently eb^ted college presidents 
within two months. In diplomacy, it has sent two ambassadors to Great 
Britain (Lowell and Choate), and ministers to nine other countries, besides 
the head of the Spanish-American Peace Commission, ex-Secretary of State 
William R. Day. In the pulpit she has had Dr. Storrs and Bishops Phillips 
Brooks, Coxe and Huntington, with a host of others. In literature we have 
already cited some distinguished names, and the works of the members of the 
fraternity would form an extensive library, a small selection from which fills 
a large bookcase at the club under the title 

To. Tojv *AAeA^GDV i'pya 

The chief symbols of the fraternity are the star and crescent ; its colors 
are green and white, with black and gold as subordinates ; its jewels are the 
emerald and the pearl, and its flower is the lily of the valley. The badge is 
permitted to be worn in several forms introducing these emblems. 

The sons of Alpha Delta Phi are strikingly enthusiastic in their affection 
for the fraternity, and are also among the most zealous supporters of the 
colleges where they were under her influence, and are ever ready, in old age 
as in youth, to shout anew the words of one of their favorite songs, 

" Long live Alma Mater and old A. D. Phi." 

Charles E. Sprague. 




GEORGE SHIRAS, JR. 
W. B. ALLISON 



HENRY B. BROWN 
WALTER WYMAN 




WICKH/.M HOFFMAN 
JAMES MADISON CUTTS 



CLEVELAND ABBE 
ASA SEVERANCE FISKE 




SAMUEL ROBERT BOND 
STEPHEN RAND 



JAMES WILLIAM CHENEY 
FRANK SEWALL 




BENJAMIN R. CATLIN 
DONNELL ROCKWELL 



CHARLES S. BUNDY 
FREDERICK WILLIAM MITCHELL 



123 



ALPHA DELTA PHI ROSTER 



Abbe, Cleveland — Manhattan — 
New York City Free College — 
'57 — Meteorologist, Weather Bu- 
reau — 2017 I, N. W. 

Alden, Charles H., War Depart- 
ment. 

Alexander, Charles T., 1620 20th, 
N. W. 

Allen, James F., 930 F, N. W. 

Allison, W. B.— Hudson— West- 
ern Reserve — Senator, Du- 
buque, la. 

Ames, John G., Patent Office. 

Anderson, Alexander D., 1420 
New York Ave. 

Anderson, Frank, care Navy De- 
partment. 

Bancroft, Frederic, 527 i8th, N. 
W. 

Berry, Walter V. R.— Harvard- 
Harvard — '81 — Attorney-at- 
Law, Fendall Bldg. — 1512 H. 

Birney, William, 221 East Capitol 
Ave. 

Blair, Henry P., Columbian Build- 
ing. 

Bliss, Charles L., 216 I, N. W. 
Boardman, William J., 1801 P, N. 
W. 

Bond, Samuel Robert — Dartmouth 
— Dartmouth — '55 — Lawyer, 
321 4^, N. W. — 13 Iowa Circle. 

Brown, Henry B. — Yale — Yale — 
'56 — Associate Justice Supreme 
Court U. S. — 1720 i6th. 



Bundy, Charles S.— Hamilton- 
Hamilton — '54 — Justice of the 
Peace, Fendall Building — 1422 
Kenesaw Ave. 
Carlisle, James Mandeville — Yale 
— Yale University — 1901 — Stu- 
dent, 1722 I. 
Caswell, Thomas T., care Navy 

Department. 
Catlin, Benjamin R. — Hamilton — • 
Hamilton — '51 — Lawyer, 1006 F 
—1736 13th, N W. 

Cheney, James William — Dart- 
mouth — Dartmouth College — '70 
— Librarian War Department, 
War Department Library — 3527 
Eslin Ave., N. W. 

Chesley, Charles, The Cairo. 

Cram, Archer P., Pension Office. 

Curtis, William Eleroy— Hudson 
— Western Reserve University — 
'71 — Journalist and Author, 
Post Building — 1801 Connecti- 
cut Ave. 

Cutts, James Madison — Brunonian 
— Brown — '56 — Lawyer, War 
Department — ^2815 N. 

Dudley, George Fiske — Kenyon — 
Kenyon — '88 — Clergyman, St. 
Stephen's P. E. Church — 1315 
Columbia Road, N. W. 

Enimons, Samuel F., Geological 
Survey. 

Ewell, John L., Howard Univer- 
sity. 

Fay, Edwin A., Kendall Green. 

Fessenden, Stephen D., 935 
French, N. W. 



121. 



ALPHA DELTA PHI— Continued 



Fiske, Asa Severance— Amherst — 
Amherst College— '55— Clergy- 
man, 1353 Q. 

Foster, George Winslow — Bow- 
doin — Bowdoin College — '68— 
Physician, Government Hospital 
for the Insane. 

Fox, Diiane Edwin — Peninsular — 
University of Michigan — '81 — 
Lawyer, Washington Loan & 
Trust Building — 161 1 21st. 

Freeland, Charles W., care War 
Department. 

Freeman, Gay, 931 F, N. W. 

Frisbie, William R., 821 Vermont 
Ave. 

Gates, Merrill E., Jr., 1429 New 
York Ave. 

•Gillett, Frederick Huntington — 
Amherst — '74 — Lawyer, Spring- 
field, Mass. 

'Goodsell, James Henry — Peninsu- 
lar — University of Michigan — 
'62 — Journalist. 1105 F, N. W. — 
"Greenhurst," Stamford, Conn. 

Harding, Alfred. 920 23d. 

Hawxhurst, Howard H. — Middle- 
town — Wesleyan — '88 — Physi- 
cian, 1333 L, N. W. 

Hay, Adelbert Stone— Yale— Yale 
University — '98 — U. S. Consul at 
Pretoria, S. A. R. — 800 i6th. 

Hazeltine, Mayo W., 1925 F, N. 
W. 

Hoffman. Wickham — Harvard — 
Harvard — '41— Diplomat, 1731 
N, N. W. 



Hume, Robert Scott — Yale — Yale 
University — '98 — Law — 1235 
Massachusetts Ave. 

Hunt, Arthur L.— Bowdoin — Bow- 
doin— '98— 1402 L, N. W. 

Huntington, Robert W., care 

Navy Department. 
Jenkins, Ralph — Cornell — Cornell 

University — '85 — Orthopaedic 

Surgeon, 1732 Massachusetts 

Ave. 
Johnson, Bascom — Yale — Yale 

University — 1900 — 924 17th. 

Johnston, Walter A. — Dartmouth 
— Dartmouth University — '88 — ■ 
Attorney-at-Law, 503 E., N. W. 
— Kensington, Md. 

Kearny, George H., care of Navy 
Department. 

Kimball, Ephraim Gardner — Dart- 
mouth — Dartmouth University — 
'81 — Principal Franklin School, 
13th and K, N. W. — 1204 Mas- 
sachusetts Ave., N. W. 

Lane, Francis R., Central High 
School. 

Leaver, Henry K., Treasury De- 
partment. 

Littell, Frank Bowers — Middle- 
town — Wesleyan University — 
'91 — Assistant Astronomer, U. 
S. Naval Observatory — 1825 
13th, N. W. 

Macomb, Montgomery M. — Yale 
— Yale University — 'J2> — Cap- 
tain, 7th Artillery U. S. Army, 
War Department — 13 14 N. 




WILLIAM ELEROY CURTIS 
DUANE EDWIN FOX 



RUFUS HILDRETH THAYER 
JAMES HENRY GOODSELL 




EPHRAIM GARDNER KIMBALL 
WALTER A. JOHNSTON 



MATTHEW TRIMBLE 
WALTER HARVEY WEED 




CHARLES WARDELL STILES 
ODELL SEYMOUR SMITH 



HOWARD H. HAWXHURST 
FRANK BOWERS LITTELL 




RALPH JENKINS 
GEORGE FISKE DUDLEY 



WALTER V. R. BERRY 
WILLIAM FRYE WHITE 




MONTGOMERY M. MACOMB 
BASCOM JOHNSON 



ADELBERT STONE HAY 
ROBERT SCOTT HUME 



I30 



ALPHA DELTA PHI— Continued 



\ 



■Meloy, William Augustus — Yale 
■ — Yale University — '54 — Law- 
yer, 118 C, N. W. 

Mitchell, Frederick William — 
Williams — Williams College — 
'62 — Clerk, Bureau of Pensions 
— The Savoy. 

Ogden, Warren G., 1610 Riggs PI. 
Perry, Josiah B., 1536 i6th. 

Pond, Benjamin W., Patent Of- 
fice. 

•Quarles, Joseph Very — Peninsular 
— University of Michigan — '66 
— Lawyer, United States Sena- 
tor from Wisconsin, Milwaukee 
— The Richmond. 

Rand, Stephen — Dartmouth — 
Dartmouth University — '63 — 
Pay Inspector, U. S. Navy, 
1429 New York Ave.— Ebbitt 
House. 

Rawson, Edward K., 2137 LeRoy 
PI. 

Robbins, Nathaniel A., 25 Iowa 
Circle. 

Roberts, Ellis H., Treasury De- 
partment. 

Rockwell, Donnell— Williams — 
Williams College— '85— U. S. 
Consular Service, Department 
of State— 31 16 14th, N. W. 

Roe, Willis F., War Department. 

Round, George C., Manassas, Va. 

Ryan, Albert T., 1416 F, N. W. 

Sanborn, John J., 314 Indiana 
Ave. 



Sewall, Frank — Bowdoin — Bow- 
doin College — '58 — Clergyman, 
1618 Riggs PI. 

Shiras, Jr., George — Yale — Yale 

University — '53 — Justice of Su- 
preme Court of United States — 
15 15 Massachusetts Ave. 

Shoemaker, William R., care of 
Navy Department. 

Smith, Odell Seymour — Middle- 
town — Wesleyan University — '87 
— Real Estate and Insurance, 
Secretary and Treasurer, Nor- 
folk and Washington, D. C, 
Steamboat Co., 494 Louisiana 
Ave., N. W.— 1336 U, N. W. 

Springer, Frank A., 516 Spruce. 

Stebbins, Frank E., 129 D, N. W. 

Stewart, William J. S., 1430 N, 
N. W. 

Stiles, Charles Wardell— Middle- 
town — Wesleyan University — 
'89— Zoologist, B. A. I., U. S. 
Department of Agriculture — ■ 
1912 i6th, N. W. 

Taylor, William H., 12th and G. 

Thayer, Rufus Hildreth — Penin- 
sular — University of Michigan 
— '70 — Lawyer, Atlantic Bldg. — 
Cosmos Club. 

Tongue, Thomas O., 112 East 
Capitol. 

Trimble, Matthew — Kenyon — 
Kenyon — '60 — Assessor of the 
District of Columbia, District 
Bldg. — 1320 Rhode Island Ave., 
N. W. 



131 



ALPHA DELTA PHI— Continued 



Tupper, James B. T., 613 14th, 
N. W. 

Tweedy, Frank, 3316 13th, N. W. 

Verrill, Charles H., Department 
of Labor. 

Warren, Samuel R., 12 Grant 
PI. 

Webb, John Sidney, 918 F, N. W. 

Weed, Walter Harvey — Columbia 
— Columbia University — '83 — U. 
S. Geologist, Geological Survey 
— Washington, D. C, and Hel- 
ena, Mont. 



White. Wallace. Columbian Law 
School. 

White, Wm. Frye — Bowdoin — 
Bowdoin College — '97 — Attor- 
ney-at-Law, Sun Bldg. 

Wilcox, Timothy E., care of War 
Department. 

Wyman, Walter — Amherst — Am- 
herst College — '70 — Surgeon- 
General U. S. Marine Hospital 
Service, Marine Hospital Bu- 
reau — The Shoreham. 



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GREEK letter societies in America perpetuate in form at least many of 
the ancient symbols of mysticism. The signs of the Zodiac and the 
symbols of the planets constantly appear. There is a mysterious lore of 
numbers in which seven figures as the complete octave, the number of per- 
fection and the happiest of all the digits. It was not with any knowledge of 
the Tarot that in 1833, seven youths, students in Union College, organized 
this fraternity, but occultists would regard their number as the most fortunate. 
Then, too, November 24 chanced to be the date of organization, when, as 
astrology tells us, Sagittarius, the archer who shoots high in air, had just be- 
gun his course. The significance of the number 1833 is equilibrium and just 
balance. 

For 65 years thereafter a quartette of founders, Goodale, Hadley, 
Martindale, and Tuttle, enjoyed the pleasure of seeing the fraternity expand, 
and these were the Sophomores of the class of 1836 who were ^the prominent 
founders. The three freshmen, Barnard, Harvey and Stewart, died respectively 
in 1855, 1886 and 1838. Dr. Goodale has but recently pas^d away, while a 
trio of octogenarians still survive — Hadley, Martindale, Tuttle, all having 
made the most honorable careers in their chosen callings. 

Col. Edward Martindale, in whose attic room in ' ' Lower College Building ' ' 
the idea of a society was first talked, was born at Sandy Hill, Washington Co., 
N. Y., Feb. 4, 1817, was but a freshman 17 years of age at that time, but is 
now living in Des Moines, Iowa, aged 83. Of the origin, he writes : " We, 
the seven founders, had all received invitations to join the old and prosperous 
societies, but had declined for the unavowed but real reason that they were 
not considered good enough — their general standard of character and scholar- 
ship not high enough, and many of their members not such that we could feel 
like taking them into our hearts as brothers. We determined to originate 
something new and unprecedented, better than anything we could see around 
us, and to make good scholarship and good taste, sound character and sound 
sense, the tests of membership. We started out with the simple intent to do 
right ; to maintain natural, sturdy independence ; to deserve self-respect and 
the regard of our fellows ; to rise to a better life by aiming higher and striving 
for something better than we found in our surroundings ; to make real merit of 
some kind an indispensable condition of membership ; to preserve a strong 
sense of the beauty of honesty, and a living remembrance of what we came to 
college for, and a firm determination to do our duty, especially as students and 
as gentlemen, to the best of our ability. The foundations of coming greatness 
were laid broad and deep and firm." 



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Especial attention should bs given to the fact that five founders who started 
out mih the principles described above, all lived to be over 75 years of age- 
and three octogenarians still watch with interest their organization, now 67 

years of age. 

The 21 chapters now existing represent a trinity of sevens: The New 
England seven consists of the Beta at Yale, 1839 ; the Sigma at Brown, 1840 ; 
the Gamma at Amherst, 1841; the Zeta at Dartmouth, 1842; the Kappa at 
Bowdoin, 1843 ; the Xi at Wesley an, 1843 ; and the Beta-Beta at Trinity, 1880. 
The New York seven consists of the Thetaat Union, 1833 ; Delta at New York 
University, 1837 ; the Lambda at Columbia, 1842; the Psi at Hamilton, 1843 : 
the Upsilon at Rochester, 1858; the Pi at Syracuse, 1875, and the Chi at j 
Cornell, 1876. The Western seven consists of the Iota at Kenyon, 1860; the ! 
Phi at Michigan, 1865; the Omega at Chicago, 1869; the Eta at Lehigh, | 
1884 ; the Tau at Pennsylvania, 1891 ; the Mu at Minnesota, and the Rho at I 
Wisconsin, 1896. The only ephemeral chapter which has existed was the j 
Alpha at Harvard, 1850-58 and 1870-75. As no chapter was ever placed at j 
Princeton or south of Pennsylvania, this fraternity escaped the calamities j 
which the civil war brought upon many similar organizations, and the chagrin 1 
which so many other fraternities have suffered from the narrow prejudices of ' 
the college of New Jersey. ] 

The chapters of the fraternity have always stood upon an exact equality * 
and no one has ever had any general authority not possessed by all. But in j 
1869 a revised constitution established a central governing board at New York | 
called the Executive Council. It has for 30 years carried out such trusts as j 
have been confided to it by authority of the Annual Convention. It consists | 
of five members. It is at present composed of Herbert L. Bridgman (first i 
elected 1877), Francis S. Bangs (first elected 1833), Frank L. Hall (first 1 
elected 1893), Wni. M. Kingsley (first elected 1884), and George S. Coleman '; 
(first elected 1897). This board, being for work as well as for ornament, has : 
usually been composed of nnen much interested in the active work of the v 
fraternity, and although elected annually, has undergone only very slight ) 
changes in personnel. The legislative functions are in the Annual Conven- j 
tion, the executive in this council. Very little occasion for judical functions 
has arisen. 

The membership of the several chapters in 1899 was : Theta 21, Delta 27, 
Beta 31, Sigma 24, Gamma 41, Zeta 38, Lambda 25, Kappa 23, Psi 14, Xi 35, 
Upsilon 25, lota 10, Phi 33, Pi 31, Chi 26, Beta-Beta 22, Eta 15, Tau 20, Mu 
12, Rho 27, Omega 12, Total 512 ; of whom 123 were' freshmen, 150 Sopho- 
mores, 93 juniors, 109 seniors and 37 professional. 

The Psi Upsilon Association of Washington was organized December 29 



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1884. The first officers were Chester A. Arthur, president ; Gen. Joseph R. 
Hawley, first vice-president, and Dr. E. M. Gallaudet, secretary. Banquets 
have been held annually ever since, that for 1900 being on February 21st in 
honor of Hon. Wm. P. Frye, President of the United States Senate, and for 
twenty years Senator from Maine. This association has usually numbered 
from 75 to 100 names. 

On Feb. 20. 1897, there was organized "The Psi Upsilon Club of 
Washington," composed of 35 members, among whom were United States 
Senators Frye and Wetmore. Rooms were fitted up at 931 F street, N. W., 
and meetings have been held weekly on Saturday evenings, The presidents 
elected annually have been : Ghas. W. Smiley, A. J. Wagstaff and Dr. E. M. 
Gallaudet. Other prominent members have been Barry Mohun, Hyland G. 
Kirk, A. R. Serven, Ralph W. Lee, James A. Watson, Dr. G. H. Wright, S. 
I. Kimball, F. W. Glay, H. G. Ogden, Jr.; Clarence Barnard, A. A. Fisher and 
Rev. Dr. Alexander Mackay-Smith. Postgraduate organizations of this sort 
serve to bring together members of different chapters, to keep alive fraternity 
interest and to help the undergraduates in various undertakings. 

Conventions of the Psi Upsilon have been held annually ^ince 1843. At 
nearly all, men of national reputation have delivered orations, addresses, 
poems ; the undergraduates have furnished songs, yells and whatever else was 
needed to keep up the traditions, not omitting the banquets. The convention 
is usually held in the month of May and should follow the chapters in the 
order of their foundation. The semi-centennial was celebrated in 1883 at 
Union College in an elaborate manner. The President of the United States 
telegraphed congratulations, and asked that the fraternity sing for him : 
" Then till the sands of life are run. 
We'll sing to thee, Psi Upsilon. 
Long live Psi Upsilon, Psi U." 

With the advancing years, sons and even grandsons of Psi U's are coming 
into the fraternity. Wm. Z. Stuart of Logansport, Ind. (Gamma, '33), has 
furnished us five sons. James H. Trumbull of Hartford, Conn. (Beta, '42), 
Prof. W. S. Tyler (Gamma, '30), of Amherst, Mass., and Stephen Waterman, 
of Providence, R. I. (Sigma, '46) have each sent us four sons. There have 
been seven brothers Thatcher, all in the Beta, six brothers Smyth in the 
Kappa, six brothers White in the Beta, five brothers Dakin in the Psi, five 
brothers Lewis in the Zeta, five brothers Pomeroy in the Xi and five brothers 
Stuart in the Gamma. 

The catalogues of this fraternity were issued in 1842, 1844, 1847, 1849, 
1852, 1855, 1864, 1870, 1879, 1888, 1900. That of 1879 was a total departure 
from all preceding Greek letter fraternity catalogues, and revolutionized the 



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ideas of all fraternities on the subject. Its plan was at once taken up and has. 
ever since been adhered to by the various fraternities. For a description, the 
reader is referred to " The Psi Upsilon Epitome," by Albert P. Jacobs. This 
volume of 264 pages contains the fullest data of the fraternity in all respects 
down to the date of its publication, and may be referred to for particulars not 
contained in this sketch, including list of prominent men. In one respect, 
however, the following must be cited as of especial interest. 

This fraternity has numbered in its ranks nineteen bishops of the Pro- 
testant Episcopal Church, whose diocese and years of consecration were as. 
follows; J. W. Beckwith, Georgia, 1868; A. N. Littlejohn, Long Island, 
1869; W. W. Niles, New Hampshire, 1870 : J. F. Spaulding, Colorado, 1873 ; 
B. H. Paddock, Massachusetts, 1873; John Scarborough, New Jersey, 1875; 
John H. H. Brown, Fond du Lac, 1875; W. S. Perry, Iowa, 1876; G. F. 
Seymour, Springfield, 1878 ; J. A. Paddock, Washington, 1880 ; David B. 
Knickerbocker, Indiana, 1883 ; 0. W. Whittaker, Nevada, 1869, and Pennsyl- 
vania, 1886 ; Ethelbert Talbot, Wyoming, 1887 ; Abiel Leonard, Nevada and 
Utah, 1888; Thos. F. Davies, Michigan, 1889; W. F. Nichols, California, 
1890; I. L. Nicholson, Milwaukee, 1891 ; Gershom M.Williams, Marquette, 
1896; C. B. Brewster, Connecticut, 1897; of whom thirteen are still living. 
Talbot and Leonard are known as the Psi U. twins. They were born the- 
same year, in the same town, attended the same church, were confirmed the 
same day, entered Dartmouth College and roomed together, were initiated into 
this fraternity together, graduated together, both went to General Theological 
Seminary, both went west to missionary work, were ordained by the same 
bishops. They were elected bishops within a year of each other. Talbot 
assisted in consecrating Leonard and both are now laboring in the far West. 

The latest edition of a long series of song books was that of 1891, edited 
by Professor Karl P. Harrington (Wesleyan, '82), son of the song writer to 
whom are attributed some of the choicest songs in use by the fraternity. The 
fraternity makes great use of its songs as a means of cultivating friendship, 
not only within its halls, but with the public and friends in general. 

The Insignia include a badge, colors, flag and the heraldry. The badge is of 
gold, diamond-shaped. Its face is of black enamel, bearing two clasped hands 
of gold. The letter I' is placed above and the letter T below the hands. On 
the back are engraved the name, chapter and class of the owner, with personal 
symbols. The fraternity colors are garnet and gold. The flag is composed of 
three stripes, one of garnet, two of gold. On the middle or garnet bar is a 
facsimile of the badge. The heraldry, designed hy Albert P. Jacobs of 
Detroit, is very elaborate, and represents every chapter in a unique style, 

Charles W, Smiley, 




JOHN C. SPOONER 



JOSEPH R. HAWLEY 



WILLIAM P. FRYE 



CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW 



GEORGE PEABODY WETMORE 




AMOS L. ALLEN 
FRANCIS GRIFFITH NEWLANDS 



GALUSHA A. GROW 
JOHN DALZELL 




ADONIRAM JUDSON HUNTINGTON BYRON SUNDERLAND 

SUMNER I. KIMBALL HORACE LORD PIPER 




EDWARD MINER GALLAUDET GEORGE ENSIGN BUSHNELL 

GIFFORD PINCHOT S. HERBERT GIESY 



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PSI UPSILON ROSTER 



Adams, A. C, 619 Masachusetts 
Ave., N. E. 

Ainsworth, Frederick C, War 
Department. 

Allen, Amos L. — Kappa — Bow- 
doin College — '60 — Lawyer, 
Congressman, House of Repre- 
sentatives — Alfred, York Coun- 
ty, Me. 

Baker, Henry, 1300 Q, N. W. 

Baldwin, George Reade — Eta — 
Lehigh University — '88 — As- 

sistant Examiner of Patents, U. 
S. Patent Office— 1414 H, N. W. 

Barnard, Clarence — Eta — Lehigh 
University — '98 — Real Estate, 
Washington Loan & Trust Co. 
— 1306 Rhode Island Ave., N. 
W. 

Beach, Morgan H., Eendall Bldg. 

Bowens, Frank S., Philippine 
Commission. 

Bushnell, George Ensign — Beta — 
Yale University — '76 — Major 
and Surgeon, U. S. Army, 
Surgeon-General's Office. 

Butterv/orth, Frank S., The 
Olympia. 

Byllesby, Henry Marison — Eta — 
Lehigh University — '78 — Vice- 
President, Potomac Electric 
Power Co. ; Vice-President, 
U. S. Electric Lighting Co., 213 
14th, N. W.— The Grafton. 

Childs, Thomas S., 1308 Connecti- 
cut Ave. 



Clay, Francis W. H.— Chi— 
Cornell University — '93 — Law- 
yer, Cincinnati, O.— White Hall, 
Ky. 

Cotton, John B., 1317 F, N. W. 

Cummings, George J., Howard 
University. 

Gushing, Alfred Darling — Pi — 
Syracuse and Yale Universities 
— '89 — Washington Director, P. 
I. Co., Norristown, Pa. — 926 
15th, N. W. 

Cushman, Marshall B., Patent 
Office. 

Dalzell, John— B%ta— Yale Uni- 
versity — '65 — Lawyer and M. C, 
— Pittsburg, Pa. 

Dean, Charles R., 1420 H, N. W. 

Defandorf, Jason F. — Xi — Wes- 
leyan— '87— Clerk, U. S. Treas- 
ury Department — Garrett Park, 
Md. 

Denby, Thomas Garvin — Phi — 
University of Michigan — '98 — 
Assistant Secretary, U. S. Phil- 
ippine Commission — The Ban- 
croft Hotel. 

Depew, Chauncey Mitchell — Beta 
— Yale University — '56 — Law- 
yer, United States Senator, 
Grand Central Depot, New 
York City— 161 1 H, N. W. 

Dewees, Louis Loeser — Eta — Le- 
high University — '87 — Lawyer — 
201 East Capitol. 

Ely, George S., Patent Office. 



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PSI UPSILON- Continued 



Fisher, Aleyne A.— Zeta— Dart- 
mouth College — '88 — Clerk, 
Post Office Department— 500 M, 
N. W. 

Fletcher, George E., Treasury 
Department. 

Fowler, Charles N.— Beta— Yale 
University — '76 — Member of 
Congress, Elizabeth, N. J. 

Freeman, Gay N., 1756 N, N. W. 

Frye, Wm. P. — Kappa — Bowdoin 
College — '50 — Lawyer, Senator, 
President of Senate — Hamilton 
House — Lewiston, Me. 

Gallaudet, Edwin F., Kendall 
Green. 

Gallaudet, Edward Miner — Beta 
Beta — Trinity College, Hart- 
ford, Conn. — '56 — President of 
Gallaudet College — Kendall 
Green, N. E. 

Gallaudet, Herbert D., Kendall 
Green. 

Geer, A. C, 1223 N, N. W. 

Gerald, Herbert P., Patent Office. 

Giesy, S. Herbert — Beta Beta — 
Trinity — '85 — Attorney and 
Counselor-at-Law, 918 F, N. 
W. — 1740 Corcoran, N. W. 

Graves, Henry S., Department of 
Agriculture — 1705 Rhode Island 
Ave. 

Greeley, Arthur Philip — Zeta — 
Dartmouth University — '83 — 
Assistant Commissioner of Pat- 
ents, Patent Office— 906 T, N. 
W. 



Grosvenor, Asa W., Treasury 
Department. 

Grosvenor, Gilbert H., Corcoran 
Bldg. 

Grow, Galusha A. — Gamma — Am- 
herst College — '44 — Lawyer and 
Farmer, Glenwood, Susquehan- 
na County, Pa. 

Halford, Dean, 1622 22d, N. W. 

Halford, Frank R., 1622 22d, N. 
W. 

Hatch, William Moore — Zeta — 
Dartmouth^'86 — Assistant Ex- 
aminer Patent Office — 1316 Wal- 
lach PI. 

Hawley, Joseph R. — Psi — Hamil- 
ton College — '47 — Lawyer, 
Soldier, Congressman and Edi- 
tor Hartford Courant, Hart- 
ford, Conn., and 1716 N, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

Hazen, Henry Allen, 1234 loth, 
N. W. 

Higgins, M. T.— Zeta— Dart- 
mouth College — '86 — Clerk, 8 
and E, N. W.— 1925 6th, N. W. 

Hoehling, Jr., Adolph A., 1416 F, 
N. W. 

Hovey, Richard — Zeta — Dart- 
mouth University — '85 — Profes- 
sor English Literature, Bar- 
nard College, 411 3d, N. W. — 
202 West 103d, New York City. 




HYLAND C. KIRK 
DEAN C. WORCESTER 



CHARLES WESLEY SMILEY 
JASON F, DEFANDORF 




ARTHUR PHILIP GREELEY 
ALEYNE A. FISHER 



WALTER B. PATTERSON 
WILLIAM MOORE HATCH 




A. R, SERVEN GEORGE HERDMAN WRIGHT 

BENJAMIN THOMAS ROODHOUSE FRANCIS W. H. CLAY 




HENRY MARISON BYLLESBY 
GEORGE READE BALDWIN 



LOUIS LOESER DEWEES 
JAMES ANGUS WATSON 




WALTER H. MERRILL 
CLARENCE BARNARD 



WILLIAM GERRY MORGAN 
BARRY MOHUN 



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PSI UPSILON— Continued 



^m. 



Huntington, Adoniram Judson — 
Sigma — Brown University — 
'43 — ^Minister of the Gospel, 
Professor of Greek, and Dean 
of the Columbian College, D. 
C, Columbian University, D. C. 
— loio N, N. W. 

Jessup, Alfred E., Superintending 
Architect's Office, Treasury 
Department. 

Johnson, M. M., Pension Office. 

Kimball, Sumner I. — Kappa — 
Bowdoin College — '55 — General 
Superintendent, U. S. Life- 
Saving Service, Treasury De- 
partment — 1316 Rhode Island 
Ave. 

Kirk, Hyland C. — Gamma — Am- 
herst College — '72 — Examiner, 
Pay Bureau, War Department, 
10 3d, N. E. 

Lee, Ralph W., 1406 G, N. W. 

Leidy, George C, 1317 nth, 
N. W. 

Lewis, Edwin R., 1305 17th, N. W. 

Luquer, Nicholas J., 1443 Rhode 
Ave., N. W. 

McGowan, Jonas H., 1419 F, 
N. W. 

McLanahan, George X., 1601 21st. 

Mackay-Smith, Alexander — Beta 
Beta — Trinity University — '72 — 
Rector, St. John's Parish — 1325 
i6th. 

Alarble, E. M., 18 Grant PI. 

Mayo, A. D., 1403 N. Y. Ave., 
N. W. 



Merrill, Walter H.—Zeta— Dart- 
mouth College — '94 — Medical 
Student and Manager of the 
Washington X-Ray Laboratory 
—mo F, N. W. 

Mohun, Barry — Eta — Lehigh Uni- 
versity — '96 — Lawyer, care of 
Wellman & Gooch, 15 Wall, 
New York City. 

Morgan, Wm. Gerry — Zeta — 
Dartmouth College — '90 — Physi- 
cian, 1417 Rhode Island Ave. 

Morrison, Dugald C., Navy De- 
partment. 

Newlands, Francis Griffith — 
Beta — Yale University — '67 — 
Lawyer, Congressman, House of 
Representatives — Reno, Nev. 

Ogden, Jr., Herbert Gouverneur — 

Chi — Cornell University — '96 — 1 

Lawyer, 931 F — 1610 Riggs ■ 

PI. I 

I 
Packard, Robert L., 3020 Dum- i 

barton Ave. ; 

Paddock, E. M., 1723 H, N. W. ! 

Parker, Brainerd, 1736 Connecti- 
cut Ave. 

Patterson, Walter B. — Zeta — 
Dartmouth University — '83 — , 
Supervisor of Schools, Office, ' 
Gales School — 1450 V, N. W. j 

Pinchot, Gifif ord — Beta — Yale ' 
University — '89 — Forest, De- 
partment of Agriculture — 1615 
Rhode Island Ave. j 



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PSI UPSILON— Continued 



Piper, Horace Lord — Kappa — 
Bowdoin College — '63 — Assist- 
ant General Superintendent 
U. S. Life Saving Ser\/;ce — 
1505 L, N. W. 

Pitkin, Walter S., 4 Du Pont 
Circle. 

Roach, Frank C, District Com. 
Office. 

Roodhouse, Benjamin Thomas — 
Upsilon — University of Roches- 
ter — '94 — Attorney at Law, Co- 
lumbian Bldg. — 1752 17th, 
N. W. 

Sawyer, H. E., 1014 Massachu- 
setts Ave, N. W. 

Serven, A. R. — Psi — Hamilton 
College — '87 — Lawyer, 8 and E, 
N. W.— 117 R, N. E. 

Smedes, J. E. C., Woodside, Md. 

Smiley, Charles Wesley — Xi — 
Wesleyan — '74 — Editor, May 

Bldg. — 943 Massachusetts Ave, 
N. W. 

Smith, Dyer, 1315 Vermont Ave. 

Smith, Luther R., Interior De- 
partment. 

Spooner, John C. — Rho Kappa — 
University of Wisconsm — '64 — 
Lawyer, Senator, Madison, Wis. 

Stout, J. Kennedy, The Varnum. 

Sunderland, Byron — Delta — Mid- 
dlebury University — '38 — Cler- 
gyman — 331 C, N. W. 

Taft, W. H., Philippine Commis- 
sion. 



Tasker, Arthur N., 122 Maryland 
Ave., N. E. 

Veasey, A. B., The Stratford. 

Wagstaff, Alfred J.— Beta— Yale 
University— '76— Clerk, U. S. 
Pension Bureau— Oak Grove P. 
O., D. C. 

Walker, Marcus A., 1526 Cor- 
coran. 

Watson, James Angus — Eta — Le- 
high University — '84 — Patent 
Lawyer.', 931 F, N. W. — 1454 
Howard Ave. 

Wetmore, George Peabody — Beta 
— Yale University — '67 — U. S. 
Senator — U. S. Senate — New- 
port, R. L 

Whittlesey, George P., 930 F, 
N. W. ' 

Whittemore, Williams Clark — 
Yale — Beta — '55 — 1526 New 
Hampshire Ave. 

Willard, Alexander D., Treasury 
Department. 

Willcox, W. F., 2308 20th St. 

Windom, William D., 1737 F, 
N. W. 

Worcester, Dean C. — Phi — Uni- 
versity of Michigan — '89 — As- 
sistant Professor of Zoology, 
University of Michigan, United 
States Philippine Commissioner, 
The Bancroft. 

Wright, George Herdman — Chi — 
Cornell University — '82 — Phy- 
sician — Forest Glen, Md. 

Wylie, Horace, 1205 Thomas 
Circle. 



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DELTA UPSILON 

DELTA UPSILON organizations are measured by the living principles they 
manifest to the world, and are to be judged by the resuhs of their 
organic Hfe upon their followers and the reflex of these foundation principles 
upon others. 

The Delta Upsilon fraternity founds its claim for existence upon the prin- 
ciple of equal justice to all, and has for its motive the union of college men of 
similar views and tastes for the promotion of social, intellectual and moral 
culture upon the basis of open and generous rivalry. In its ^rlier days there 
was an element involved somewhat distinct upon the question of secrecy, which 
by the changes of later years has made the difference between other college 
fraternities and ours more apparent than real, thus demonstrating the wisdom 
and foresight of its founders, and emphasizing the necessity for the existence 
of our fraternity. 

Its creed is unique and is plainly shown in its plans of conduct toward 
those not of its membership, on which line it 'may be said to have no rival. 
For while other fraternities differ from each other in achievements, in close- 
ness of organization, in degree of extension. Delta Upsilon differs from the 
rest in a fundamental idea expressly declared iu its Constitution. Briefly it 
may be stated as follows : 

The Delta Upsilon fraternity is an open, non-secret organization. By 
these words, open and non-secret, is not meant that the proceedings of its 
chapters are necessarily to be published in the college papers. Nor does it 
mean that its meetings are open to all, with or without invitation. On the 
contrary, it means, first of all, that the fraternity constitution is open to such 
persons as care to read it. It means that no man joms the fraternity knowing 
nothing of what the final pledge requires. It means that that pledge puts 
on the initiate no obligation to keep from anyone information regarding the 
chapter or fraternity that he may wish to impart. 



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With such aims, and established with such expressed views it is not 
strange that the Delta Upsilon fraternity, founded in 1834 at Williams College, 
has a history of constant growth, and to-day has on its rolls a membership of 
■over seven thousand. Active chapters exist in thirty-four colleges and uni- 
versities, as follows: Williams, Union, Hamilton, Amherst, Adelbert, Colby, 
Rochester, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Rutgers, Brown, Colgate, New York, Cor- 
nell, Marietta, Syracuse, Michigan, Northwestern, Harvard, Wisconsin, 
Lafayette, Columbia, Lehigh, Tufts, DePauw, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Tech- 
nology, Swarthmore, Stanford, California, McGill (Montreal), Nebraska, and 
Toronto (Canada). 

These chapters have an average of twenty-four undergraduate members 
each. Twenty-one of these own their own chapter houses, and two are 
planning to build. There are eighteen alumni clubs of the fraternity, located 
in New York, N. Y.; Chicago, III.; Boston, Mass.; Rochester, N. Y.; Minnea- 
polis, Minn.; Providence, R, I.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Detroit, 
Mich.; Columbus, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio ; Philadelphia, Pa.; Duluth, Minn.; 
Superior, Wis. ; Salt Lake City, Utah ; Portland, Maine ; and Washington, D. C. 

The fraternity numbers among its sons many who have gained distinction 
in various fields in this and other lands, among them being President James 
A. Garfield, Secretaries of War Redfield Proctor and Daniel S. Lament, 
Attorney General W. H. H. Miller, Stephen J. Field, Justice of the Supreme 
Court of the United States ; Charles C. Nott, Chief Justice of the United 
States Court of Claims ; Charles G. Dawes, Comptroller of the Currency ; 
Elijah B. Sherman, LL.D., Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court of the 
United States at Chicago, and Judges Hamilton, of Minnesota ; Borden, of 
Texas ; Boise, of Oregon ; Tripp, of South Dakota, and Lillibridge of 
Michigan. 

Delta Upsilon has a long list of United States senators and members of 
Congress, among whom may be mentioned the late Senator Justin S. Morrill, 
of Vermont : Congressmen Blair, of Michigan ; Payne and Smith, of New 
York ; Sperry, of Connecticut ; Stone, of Pennsylvania, and Rockwell, of 
Maine. Also governors and ex-governors, such as Knapp, of Alaska; Powers, 
of Maine ; Voorhees, of New Jersey, and Stearns, of Florida. 

Among her college presidents are David Starr Jordan, of Leland Stanford 
University; E. Benjamin Andrews, of Chicago ; W. H. P. Faunce, of Brown 



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University ; Beniah L. Whitman, of Columbian University ; Chancellor Snow^ 
of Kansas University ; Yatobe, of the University of Japan ; Atherton, of the 
Pennsylvania State College, and Washburn, of Roberts College, Constantinople. 
And among her doctors of divinity. Reverends Thomas Armitage, W. H. P. 
Faunce, Arthur T. Pierson, Nehemiah Boynton, B. Fay Mills, William 
Elliott Griffis, Samuel E. Herrick, Hiram C. Hayden, D. D. Mac Laurin, 
Charles S. Vedder and Orrin P. Gifford. 

Among her scholars and litterateurs are Rossiter Johnson, the editor of 
Appleton's Encyclopaedia ; Albert Barnes, the celebrated commentor, and a 
host of authors and writers, among them being Josiah Strong, author of " Our 
Country "; William Swinton, Henry Randall Waite, Homer Greene, W. F. 
Bradbury, E. A. Bowser, LL. D., J, P. Taylor, LL. D., Berden P. Brown and 
Charles M. Sheldon, D. D., the author of " In His Steps." 

To mention the college professors, clergymen, physicians, lawyers and 
men of business who have achieved eminence would be to r^roduce a large 
part of the roster of the fraternity. 

The present officers of the fraternity are: Hon. E. B. Sherman, LL. D., 
president, Monadnock Building, Chicago ; Hon. Edwin Nottingham, first vice- 
president ; Paul Mayo Paine, second vice-president ; Prof. Edgar Coit Morris, 
third vice-president ; Goldwin Goldsmith, secretary ; Raleigh W. Holden, 
treasurer ; Hon. Sereno E. Payne, orator ; S. A. Macy, poet ; Rev. Frank R. 
Morris, historian ; Rev. Ezra S. Tipple, D. D., chaplain; Melvin G. Dodge, 
librarian ; John C. Hinckley, auditor ; Royal S. Haynes, editor Decennial 
Supplement. 

Executive Council : George F. Andrews, president ; Ellis J. Thomas, 
Samuel S. Hall, secretary and treasurer ; Thornton B. Penfield, editor ; Edgar 
S. Bloom, Thomas R. Weymouth, Eben W. Cutler, Robert J. Reiley, and 
Clarence E. Case. 

The Delta Upsilon Association of Washington was organized in 1892; 
its present officers are : Weston Flint, president ; Charles G. Dawes, vice- 
president : Frank H. Hitchcock, secretary ; Arthur H. Giles, treasurer ; Otis 
J. Eddy, chairman executive committee. 

Weston Flint. 




ZALMON RICHARDS 



WESTON FLINT 




OTIS JUDD EDDY 
FRANK H. HITCHCOCK FERDINAND T. SCHNEIDER 



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DELTA UPSILON ROSTER 



Bigelow, Frank H., 1625 Massa- 
chusetts Ave. 

Clapp, Harry Lincoln, 1223 Har- 
vard. 

Eddy, Otis Judd — Hamilton — 
Hamilton College— '68— Med- 
ical Reviewer, Pension Bureau — 
1215 Rhode Island Ave. 

Elmer, L. S., Post Office Depart- 
ment. 

Flint, Weston — Union — Union 
University — '60 — Lawyer, Li- 
brarian Public Library, 1326 
New York Ave. — 1213 K, N. W. 

Giles, Arthur H., 1231 Harvard. 

Green, Samuel H., 1320 Q, N. W. 

Hamburger, Isaac, The Capitol. 

Hitchcock, Frank H. — Harvard — 
Harvard University — '91 — Chief 
of Division of Foreign Markets, 
Department of Agriculture — 
1 1 14 14th, N. W. 

Howard, Leland O. — Cornell — 
Cornell University — 'T] — Ento- 
mologist, U. S. Department of 
Agriculture — Cosmos Club. 



Kimball, Arthur H., 620 North 
Carolina Ave., S. E. 

Kimball, Harry G., 406 5th, N. W. 

Nott, Charles C, 826 Connecticut 
Ave. 

Olcott, John H., 2008 R, N. W. 

Cutwater, Theron, 1312 B, N. W. 

Rhodes, Daniel, 2820 14th, N. W. 

Richards, Zalmon — Founder of 
Delta Upsilon — Williams Col- 
lege — '36 — 1301 Corcoran. 

Schneider, Ferdinand T. — Mass. 
Inst. — Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology — '92 — Architect, 
Room 47, Metzerott Building, 
mo F, N. W. — %322 Vermont 
Ave. 

Schwarz, G. Fred, Division of 
Forestry, U. S. Department of 
Agriculture. 

Seymour, B. N., 804 I, N. E. 

Smith, Dwight G., 1335 22d, N. 
W. 

Wellington, J. R., 1335 N. 

Whitman, Benaiah L., 21 15 Ban- 
croft PI. 



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BETA THETA PI 

BETA THETA PI was founded at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in the 
early sumnier of 1839, by John Reily Knox and seven other students at 
that institution. It was the first of the three fraternities Beta Theta Pi, Phi 
Delta Theta, and Sigma Chi founded at Miami, and was the pioneer exponent 
cf the fraternity system at many of the leading universities and colleges of 
the Middle West. ^ 

Prior to the war it had established thirty-one chapters, of which eleven 
were in the South, and its growth was greatly checked by the suspension of 
these chapters. 

After the war for about ten years it confined its attention almost entirely 
to the colleges and universities of the Mississippi Valley, and to the re-estab- 
lishment of its southern chapters. 

Jn 1879 a union was formed between it and Alpha Sigma Chi, a young 
aggressive eastern fraternity, by which the chapters and alumni of the latter 
were admitted into full fellowship, and in 1889 it similarly absorbed the 
Mystical Seven Fraternity, an order founded at Wesleyan in 1837 under the 
same terms. Its chapter at the University of Mississippi was the last chapter 
of Alpha Kappa Phi, that at Brown the last chapter of Phi Kappa Alpha, 
that at Missouri the last chapter of Zeta Pni, while chapters at Colgate, 
Dartmouth, Amherst and elsewhere were formed from strong local organiza- 
tions. Whenever its chapters have been based upon previous societies the 
alumni have been admitted to fellowship, and no break has been made in the 
continuity of their life. 

No chapter has been established since 1894 and but three chapters since 
1890, an intensely conservative spirit having replaced th-, liberal policy of the 
preceding decade. 



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The government of the fraternity, during the first eight years of its 
existence, was in the hands of the Alpha chapter, but after that time a con- 
vention of the general fraternity assumed its government. During the recess 
of this convention the affairs of the fraternity were administered by the presid- 
ing chapter, each chapter being successively termed the presiding chapter, :in ( 
the order of establishment. This system of government continued practically ' 
unaltered until 1879, when a new constitution was adopted providing for a 
board of nine directors, three retiring each year. The members of this board 
were usually so chosen that six of them resided in the same vicinity. 

In 1898 a revised constitution was adopted reducing the board of trustees 
to six, establishing the office of presidsnt, making the general officers members 
of the board, and greatly centralizing the doing of business. 

The publications of the fraternity have been its catalogue, of which five 
editions have been issued (1855, 1859, 1870, 1882, 1899), and its song book, 
of which editions have been issued in 1865, 1872, 1879, 1883, 1886, 1888, 1892, 
1896, 1899. In 1894 a history and manual of information concerning the 
fraternity, a square 12mo of 270 pages, was published in New York. 

Its journal, which is edited and managed in New York, is called the Beta 
Theta Pi, after the fraternity. It is now in its twenty-seventh volume, having 
been establishsd in 1872, being the oldest of this class of journals. 

The badge is a shield with eight sides curved inward. The groundwork 
is black enamel, displaying the letters Beta Theta Pi. Above this is a wreath 
encircling a diamond and beneath it the date 1839 in Greek. At the top of the 
badge are three five pointed stars. The colors are light pink and blue. 
The flower is the rose, each chapter choosing its own variety. The patrcn 
saint of the fraternity is a mysterious deity named "Wooglin," and m.any 
picturesque and quaint customs cluster around his name. The members have 
a curious and unique signature of idpntification. 

Active chapters of the fraternity are now located at Harvard, Yale, 
Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Wesleyan, Dartmouth, Amherst, Rutgers, Stevens, 
St. Lawrence, Boston, Union, Syracuse, Dickinson, Lehigh, Johns Hopkins, 
Washington & Jefferson ; the State Universities of Maine, Pennsylvania, 
North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, 
Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and California; Pennsylvania 
State College, Hampden-Sidney, Davidson, Centre, Miami, University of 
Cincinnati. Western Reserve, Ohio, Ohio Wesleyan, Bethany, Wittenberg, 



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Denison, Wooster, Kenyon, De Pauw, Hanover, Wab sh, Knox, Eeio t, 
Chicago, Iowa Wesleyan, Northwestern, Westnninister, Cer^ver and Leland 
Stanford, Jr. 

For convenience of administration the fraternity is divided into nine dis- 
tricts, each with an appointed executive head. 

The chapters at Amherst, Wesleyan, Colgate, St. Lawrence, Pennsylvania 
State, Denison, Michigan, De Pauw, California and Stanford own their own 
houses, and twenty-five other chapters rent them. 

There are at present thirty-one alumni chapters in the- chief cities of the 
United States. 

The officers of the fraternity are: President, William A. Hamilton, of 
Chicago ; Treasurer, Warren D. Cakes, of Indianapolis ; Secretary, Francis 
H. Session, of Galesburg, III. 

William Raimond Baird. 




JOHN M. HARLAN 
AUGUSTUS D. LYNCH 



DAVID J. BREWER 
ALONZO W. CHURCH 




GEORGE W. CROMER 
CHARLES B. LANDIS 



ROBERT R. HITT 



ROBERT W. MIERS 



WILLIAM MCKENDREE SPRINGER 






T. RITCHIE STONE 
W. V. COX 



JOHN ALEXANDER LACY 
LEONIDAS B. SOUTHERLAND 




JOHN SARGENT STEARNS 
CHARLES FRANCIS NFSBIT 



GEORGE C. HEARD 
GEORGE MELVILLE BOLLING 




CHARLES S. BRADLEY 
ELMER ELLSWORTH PMME 



JOSEPH ADDISON ARNOLD 
BENJAMIN VAIL 




EDWIN KING STALEY 
LOREN A. SADLER 



RICHARD LEE FEARN 
LEWIS BAKER, JR. 



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BETA THETA PI ROSTER 



Allen, John M., House of Repre- 
sentatives. 

Ammen, Francis DuPont — B. X. 
— Lehigh University — '97 — 
Clerk, 639 F, N. W.— 1926 N, 
N. W. 

Annin, William E., Washington 
Post Building. 

Arnold, Joseph Addison — Pi — In- 
diana State University — '78 — • 
Assistant Chief, Division of 
Publications, U. S. Department 
of Agriculture — 229 2d, N. E. 

Baker, Lewis, Jr., — Sigma — Stev- 
ens Institute — '86 — Banker and 
Broker, 613 14th, N. W. 

Berry, Albert S., House of Repre- 
sentatives. 

Betts, Philander — Beta Gamma — ■ 
Rutgers University — '91 — Me- 
chanical and Electrical Engi- 
neer, Navy Department — ^653 I, 
S. E. 

Boiling, George Melville, — A. X. 
— Johns Hopkins University — 
'96 — Professor of Greek and 
Sanskrit, Catholic University of 
America — 1605 O, N. W. 

Boutell, Henry S., House of Rep- 
resentatives. 

Bradley, Charles S. — Pi — Indi- 
ana University — '62 — Treasurer 
Franklin Insurance Co., 419 
loth. N. W.— 1722 N. N. W. 

Brewer, David J. — Temple of the 
Wand — Wesleyan University — 
'55 — Justice Supreme Court, U. 
S. — 1412 Massachusetts Ave. 



Bridgeman, L. E., House of Rep- 
resentatives. 

Buckingham, B. H., 1525 H. 

Burchard, Edward L.— Chi— Be- 
loit College— '91— Librarian, U. 

S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 

506 C, S. E. 

BurdeLte, Horace— Alpha Omega 
—Dartmouth University— '95— 
Deputy Commissioner of Immi- 
gration, 1307 F— 1026 Vermont 
Ave. 

Carpenter, Franklin I., 1318 Ver- 
mont Ave. 

Carroll, Mitchell— Iklpha Kappa 
and Alpha Chi— Richmond Col- 
lege— '88— Johns Hopkins Uni- 
versity— '93— Professor of Latin 
in the Columbian University — 
The Cairo. 

Carter, William Fred— Alpha 
Omega — Dartmouth — '83 — - 
Clerk, U. S. Treasur}^ — 1320 
Emerson, N. E. 

Church, Alonzo W.— University 
of Georgia, formerly Franklin 
College — '47 — Librarian of the 
U. S. Senate, Senate Library — 
1706 Oregon Ave. 

Clark, C. T., 1335 G, N. W. 

Clephane, Lewis P. — Beta Delta^ 
Cornell University — '90~Gen- 
eral Insurance and Real Estate, 
1305 F — 1225 K. 

Cooper, G. H., Post Office Depart- 
ment. 



176 



BETA THETA PI— Continued 



Cox, W. v.— Theta— Ohio Wes- 
leyan University — '74 — Chief 
Clerk National Museum, Smith- 
sonian Institution — Brightwood. 

Cromer, George W.— Pi— Indiana 
State University— '82— Lawyer 
and Member of Congress from 
Indiana. Muncie, Ind. 

Currier, David, Jr. — Kappa — 
Brown University — '01— Ship- 
building, Cramps' Ship Yard, 
Philadelphia, Pa. — Newark 
Ave., Cleveland Park. 

Cutter, William Parker — Beta 
Delta — Cornell University — '88 
— Librarian, Department of Ag- 
riculture — 1618 17th. 

Daniel, F. C, 40 R, N. E. 

Davis, W. W., 721 3d, N. W. 

Dean. George Cooper^ — B. I. — 
Amherst College — '87 — Exam- 
iner of Patents, U. S. Patent 
Office— 2437 i8th, N. W. 

DeShields, George. Jr. — Omicron 
— University of Virginia — '94 — 
Clerk — 1303 Columbia Road. 

Dillon, Ernest H., The Lincoln. 

Dorsey, C. W., 1320 F, N. W. 

Dyar, Fred Kingman. 1201 N. 

Eastman. J. R., Naval Observa- 
tory. 

Eastman, W. R., Falls Church. 
Va. 

Elliott, Henry R., 1405 F. N. W. 

Esterly, B. H.. 1115 E. Capitol. 



Fairfax, Thomas — Theta Theta, 
Omicron — Virginia Military In- 
stitute — "69 — University of Vir- 
ginia — '73-4 — Civil Service of 
the Government, Treasury De- 
partment — 1762 Madison, N. W. 

Fearn, Richard Lee — Sigma — 
Stevens Institute — '84 — News- 
paper Correspondent, N. Y. 
Tribune Bureau — 2202 Massa- 
chusetts Ave. 

Freeman, J. F., Kensington, Md. 
French. John L., 36 I, N. W. 
Garthe. Louis, The Riggs. 

Gaut, Thomas I. — A. K. — Rich- 
mond College — '75 — Steam and 
hot water fitter, 1407 6th, N. W. 

Greene, Louis Storrow — Omicron 
— LTniversity of Virginia — '95 — 
Physician, 1610 I. 

Grimes. William H... 1204 nth, S. 
E. 

Harlan. John M. — Epsilon — Cen- 
tre College. Kentucky — '50 — 
Lawyer, Justice Supreme Court 
U. S.— 14th, cor. Euclid PI., N. 
W. 

Heard, George C. — Alpha Delta 
and Mu — Westminster College 
and University of Tennessee 
— '69 — Lawyer, McGill Building 
—508 M, N. W. 

Hell en, Johnson — Alpha Omega — 
Dartmouth — '95 — Secretary 
Metropolitan Insurance and 
Building Co.. 612 F — 2304 14th. 




CLIFT R. RICHARDS 
EDWARD L. BURCHARD 



ANDREW K LIND 
THOMAS I. GAUT 




EDWARD BAGBY POLLARD 
FRANK LYON 



MITCHELL CARROLL 
LACEY M. SIMPSON 




EMIL A. de SCHWEINITZ 
FERDINAND CLAIBORNE WALSH 



C. TIMOTHY SMITH, JR. 
BENJAMIN SAUNDERS MINOR 




WILLIAM FRED CARTER 
HORACE BURDETTE 



DAVID MERRILL HILDRETH 
JOHNSON HELLEN 



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BETA THETA PI— Continued 



Hildreth, David Merrill— Alpha 
Omega — Dartmouth — '87 — Civil 
Engineer. U. S. Coast and 
Geodetic Survey Office — 1104 ^• 
Capitol. 

Hitt. Robert R.— Delta— De 
Pauw University, Greencastle. 
Ind. — '55 — Representative in 
Congress, Ninth District Illi- 
nois, 1507 K, N. W.— Mount 
Morris. 111. 

Hoyt, Allen G., Lincoln Hotel. 

Hughes, Arthur L., 616 H, N. W. 

Keys, E. C, Stewart Building. 

Lacy, John Alexander — Rho — 
Washington and Lee University 
— '70, Law Class, '72 — Lawyer 
and Member of Board of Pen- 
sion Appeals, Secretary's Office, 
Department Interior — 3013 Cam- 
bridge PL, N. W. 

Landis, Charles B. — Tau — Wa- 
bash — '83 — Newspaper Man, 
Member of Congress, Indiana, 
National Hotel — Delphi, Ind. 

Leech, Wilbur Vanderlip — Alpha 
Sigma — Dickinson — Ex. '97 — 
—Clerk, B. & O. Freight De- 
partment — 508 7th, N. E. 

Lentz, J. J., The Portland. 

Lewis, J. K., 1305 17th, N. W. 

Lind, Andrew K. — Alpha Epsilon 
— Iowa Wesleyan University — 
'76— Clerk, P. O. Department, 
— 1361 Maryland Ave., N. E. 

Long, James A.. Alexandria, Va. 



Lynch, Augustus D. — Delta and 
Pi — Indiana State University — 
— '57 — Lawyer, in charge of In- 
solvent National Banks, Cur- 
rency Bureau — 5 Iowa Circle. 

Lyon, Frank — Alpha Kappa- 
Richmond College — '84 — Law- 
yer, Fendall Building — Ballston, 
Alexandria Co., Va. 

McCormack, H., Navy Yard. 

Miers, D. Kirkwood, 1527 I. 

Miers, Robert W. — Pi — Indiana 
University — '70 — Lawyer, Mem- 
ber of Congress, Indiana, 1527 
S. N. W. 

Minor, Benjamin % Saunders — 
Omicron — University of Vir- 
ginia — '86 — Lawyer, 344 D, N. 
W.— 1810 N, N. W. 

Naylor, FI. R., 921 Massachusetts 
Ave. 

Nesbit, Charles Francis — Alpha 
Delta — Westminster College, 

Fulton, Mo. — '86 — Fire Insur- 
ance, 1321 G. N. W. — 1801 
Phelps PL, N. W. 

Newton, Elmer S. — Beta Iota — 
Amherst College — '95 — Teacher, 
Western High School — 3018 
Cambridge PL, N. W. 

Paine, Elmer Ellsworth — Theta 
Delta — Ohio State University — • 
'85 — Newspaper Man, Associ- 
ated Press — 1732 15th. 

Paine, H. E., Corcoran Building, 

Penrose, Boies, U. S. Senator, U. 
S. Senate. 

Pitzer, A. W., 517 4th. 



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BETA THETA PI— Contintjcd 



Pollard, Edward Bagby— Kappa 
Alpha— Richmond College, Yale 
Universit)^— '86— Professor of 
Biblical Literature, Columbian 
University— 1710 P, N. W. 

Porter, J., 229 Indiana Ave. 

Quay, Matthew S., U. S. Senate. 

Ransome, F. S., U. S. Geodetic 
Survey. 

Rawlins, Joseph L., U. S. Senate. 

Richards, Clift R.— Upsilon— 
Boston University— '88 — Clerk 
in General Land Office — Chevy 
Chase, Md. 

Robinson, N. T. N., Warrenton, 
Va. 

Roelker, C. J., 3022 P, N. W. 

Rosgel, Brantz Mayer, 1338 30th, 
N. W. 

Sadler, Loren A. — Beta — Western 
Reserve University — '87 — As- 
sistant Examiner of Patents, U. 
S. Patent Office — 910 E. Capitol. 

Schweinitz, Emil A. de — Omicron 
— University of Virginia — '82 — 
Dean of the Columbian Uni- 
versity Medical School, Bac- 
teriological Chemist, 1325 H, N. 
W. — 1023 Vermont Ave. 
Simpson, Lacey M. — Alpha Nu — 
Kansas State University — 1900 — 
Confidential Clerk of Fourth 
Assistant Postmaster-General, 
P. O. Department — 724 9th. 
Smith, C. Timothy, Jr. — Omicron 
— University of Virginia — '89 — 
Clerk, P. O. Department — 30 
Grant Place. 



Smith, Ira A. T. — Alpha Lambda . 
— University of Wooster — Ex. 
'99 — Clerk, Executive Mansion. 

Southerland, Leonidas B. — Eta 
Beta — University of North Caro- 
lina — '98 — Paymaster's Clerk, 
U. S. Army, 1729 New York 
Ave., N. W.— 1902 H, N. W. 

Spaulding, J. C, 1637 R, N. W. 

Springer, William McKendree — ■ 
Delta and Pi — Indiana State 
University — '59 — Lawyer, Mem- 
ber of Congress, Illinois, 1875- 
95 ; Judge U. S. Court, Indian 
Territory, 1895-99, Kellogg 
Building, 1416 F — 43 B, S. E. 
and Springfield, 111. 

Staley, Edwin King — Theta — 
Ohio Wesleyan University — Ex. 
'95 — Bookkeeper, 1225 Pennsyl- 
vania Ave., N. W. — 1349 Cor- 
coran, N. W. 

Stauffer, C. C, Patent Office. 

Stearns, John Sargent — Alpha Chi 
— Johns Hopkins University — 
'92 — Physician, 1425 Rhode Isl- 
and Ave. 

Stitt, F. S., care Munn & Co. 

Stone, T. Ritchie — Alpha Tau and 
Omicron — University of Vir- 
ginia — '76 — William and Mary 
College — '74 — Physician — 1345 
F, N. W. 

Stridden, W. R., 913 R. 

Sturges, M. B., Treasury Depart- 
ment. 




ELMER S. NEWTON 
DAVID CURRIER, JR. 



GEORGE COOPER DEAN 
FRED KINGMAN DYAR 




LEWIS P. CLEPHANE 
FRANCIS DU PONT AMMEN 



CHARLES D. YOUNG 
CHARLES J. SUMNER 



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BETA THETA PI— Continued 



Sumner, Charles J. — Alpha Pi — 
University of Wisconsin — '96 — 
Employee House of Representa- 
tives, 
— 131 1 Columbia Road. 

Summers, J. L., Life- Saving Ser- 
vice. 

Thomas, George M., Jr. — Sigma — 
Centre College — Ex. 1902 — 
Clerk, 1744 G — Lincoln Hotel. 

Tilton, B. S., Coast and Geodetic 
Survey. 

Truesdell, Julius A., Skyfields, 
Loudon Co., Va. 

Tuley, S. W., Post Office Depart- 
ment. 

Tyler, Richard K., 1307 F, N. W. 

Vail, Benjamin — Pi — University 
of Indiana — '78 — Department 
Messenger, U. S. House of Rep- 
resentatives — 314 E, N. E. 



Walker, P. A., Coast and Geodetic 
Survey. 

Walsh, Ferdinand Claiborne — 
Omicron — University of Vir- 
ginia — '99 — Physician — 1504 H, 
N. W. 

Washburn, Charles L. Demarest, 
U. S. Treasurer's Office. 

Washington, J. H., Treasury De- 
partment. 

Webster, Norman E., Jr., 2007 
i2th, N. W. 

White, Charles D., 1443 Binney, 
N. W. 

Williams, Chauncey C, Stratford 
Hotel. 

Wilson, Luther B., 407 T, N. W. 

Wright, L B., Brookland. 

Young, Charles D. — Beta Delta — 
Cornell — '98- — Student at Cor- 
nell — 930 I, N. W. 



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CHI PSI 

THE Chi Psi Fraternity was founded at Union College, the mother of many 
of the oldest fraternities, in the spring of 1841. The original members 
were Major General James C. Duane, chief of engineers, U. S. A.; Judge 
Patrick U. Major, Philip Spencer, Col. Alexander P. Berthoud, John Brush, 
Jr., Dr. Jacob H. FarreJl, Robert H. McFadden, Samuel T. Taber, Hon. Wm. 
F. Terhune and Hon. James L. Witherspoon. 

The fraternity immediately extended itself, choosing only those institu- 
tions whose soil was most fertile for college fraternities, as they exist. The 
wisdom of its choice manifests itself in the fact that the early chapters and the 
recent ones are all equally prosperous. Conservative extension in the "forties" 
was followed by the same care in the succeedi g decades, and is now the 
established policy of the fraternity. As the first eastern fraternity to "go 
west," being the pioneer society at the Universities cf Michigan and Minne- 
sota, and as the only eastern fraternity with a strongly developed southern 
wing, Chi Psi pre-eminently holds a national character. 

Chi Psi has now a total membership of 3,750, and 18 active chapters. It 
owns at present eight beautiful homes, and in the near future anticipates 
possessing half a dozen more. The chapter house at Cornell University is 
acknowledged by all to be the finest Greek letter fraternity house in this 
country. In the middle-west Chi Psi is the only fraternity owning homes at 
the Universities of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Durir.g the V/orld's 
Fair it was the only cc liege society which maintained a clubhouse in Chicago. 
Chi Psi fosters more of a secret character than most of the fraternitie.?, 
withdrawing itself from rather than pushing itself before the public eye. The 
bond among its members is very close, changing in no degree after college 



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life, except to be drawn tighter. Evidences of this are seen in the active 
alumni associations, which vie in loyalty with the neighboring college chapters. 
There exist now some twenty live alumni associations, which meet, not only 
in the yearly banquet, but in numerous informal dinners. 

The close bond in the fraternity was greatly strengthened almost at its 
inception by the death of Philip Spencer, one of the original members. He 
was a son of a cabmet officer and a member of a family of high social 
position. Leaving college, he entered the navy, and while serving as a 
midshipman on the U. S. Brig of War Somers, was hung at the yard arm for 
alleged mutiny. The charge was groundless and has been proved so by many 
writers, such as Senator Benton in his " Thirty Years' View," James Fenimore 
Cooper and Gail Hamilton. For years after this occurence the Chi Psis were 
dubbed " Pirates " by their rivals in reference to the sad fate of Philip Spencer, 
But they defended him to a man and made him, as St. Philip, the patron saint 
of the fraternity. 

Chi Psi has published regularly catalogues and song books, has its waltz 
and two-step, and issues a quarterly, the Purple and Gold, named from the 
fraternity colors. This magazine, now in its fifteenth year, has a circulation 
of over one-third of the total membership. 

The Badge is a jeweled monogram, composed of the Greek letter " Chi " 
laid upon the Greek letter " Psi." 

The chapters are termed Alphas. 

The fraternity has no honorary members, and does not allow a member 
to divide his allegiance with any other college society. 

A few of its members are : Chief Justice Fuller, of the U.S. Supreme 
Court ; ex-SpeakerThomas B. Reed, of the House of Representatives ; President 
Thomas W. Palmer, of the World's Columbian Exposition ; ex-Postmaster- 
General Don M. Dickinson ; ex-Secretary of Agriculture J. Stirling Morton ; 
Elbridge T. Gerry and Wm. Astor (now deceased), of New York City ; Judge 
Wm. L. Putnam, U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals ; and Judges Chas. C. Dwight 
and Francis M. Scott, of the New York Supreme Court. 

List of active Alphas of Chi Psi : Union College, Williams College, 
Middlebury College, Wesleyan University, Hamilton College, University of 
Michigan, Furman University, Amherst College, Cornell University, Wofford 
College, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Rutgers College, 



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Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Georgia, Lehigh University, 
Leland Stanford University, University of California, University of Chicago, 

The fraternity has in New York City, Chicago, Boston and other cities, 
active alumni associations. The Chicago association during the Exposition 
of 1893 kept an open house for all visiting members of the fraternity, and the 
New York association has, since 1883, kept up an active interest in the 
fraternity by periodical meetings and the entertainment of visiting members, 
especially during the meetmgs of the triennial conventions, which are a feature 
of the fraternity and have always been held in New York City. 

Walter E. Clark. 




MELVILLE W. FULLER 
J P. SANGER 



EDWIN STEWART 

daniel'wesley SKELLENGER 




JAMES R. COOK 
WILLIAM ERNEST SCHOENBORN 



WILLIAM BROWN 
CHARLES MATTHEWS MANLY 



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CHI PSI ROSTER 



Allen, Charles H.— Alpha Chi— 
Amherst College — '69 — Assist- 
and Secretary of the Navy — 
Lowell, Mass. 

Ambrose, Nathaniel M., 15 7th, 
N. E. 

Andrews, J. L, War Department. 

Baker, O, Hospital for the Poor, 
19th and D, S. E. 

Bright, George A., 1536 T, N. W. 

Broun, William — Omicron — Uni- 
versity of Virginia — '6o-'6i — 
Accountant, 11 17 G, N. W. — 
1805 13th, N. W. 

Campbell, Edward, The Portland. 

Castle, Harry J., 1532 22d, N. W. 

Clark, Walter E.— Alpha Alpha— 
Wesleyan University — '95 — 
Newspaper Correspondent, 1417 
G, N. W. — 1722 2 1 St. 

Cook, James R. — University of 
Michigan — '54 — Secretary 
Weather Bureau — 11 12 New 
Hampshire Ave. 

Esterly, F. C, 1115 East Capitol. 

Fairfield, George A., Coast and 
Geodetic Survey. 

Fuller, Melville W.— Eta— Bow- 
doin College — '53 — Chief Jus- 
tice of the United States. 

Fuller, Thomas J. D., 1509 H, N. 
W. 

Gillet, Charles W., The Hamilton. 

Hart, Amos W., 625 F, N. W. 

Johnson, Louis E., 1006 F, N. W. 

Jordan, Horace M., 50 C, N. E. 

Judson, Charles K., 930 F, N. W. 



Laist, Theodore F.—Psi— Cornell 
University— '88— Architect, Of- 
fice Supervising Architect of the 
Treasury — The Cairo. 

Lawrence, George P., The Coch- 
ran. 

Manly, Charles Matthews— Up- 
silon, '96; Psi (Grad.) '98— 
Furman University — '96 — Cor- 
nell University— '98 — Mechanic- 
al Engineer, Smithsonian Insti- 
tution— 1353 Q, N. W. 

Moore, Harlan — Psi — Cornell — ■ 
'93—1519 Rhode Island Ave. 

Nott. Charles C, Jr., 826 Con- 
necticut Ave. 

Pegues, Samuel W. E., 127 E, N. 
W. 

Perry, Howard, Department of 
Justice. 

Sanger, J. P. — Alpha Epsilon — 
University of Michigan — '60 — 
Soldier, Brig. Gen., War De- 
partment — 1522 Connecticut 
Ave. 

Schoenborn, William Ernest — 
Alpha Chi — Stevens Institute of 
Technology — '87 — Assistant Ex- 
aminer U. S. Patent Office — 
1359 Harvard, Columbia 

Heights. 

Schofield, John C, 1447 Corcoran,^ 
N. W. 



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CHI PSI ROSTER— Continued 



Skellenger, Daniel Wesley — Rho 
— Rutgers University — '82 — 
Clergyman, Pastor Sixth Pres- 
byterian Church — 936 B, S. W., 
Washington, D. C. 

Stewart, Edwin — Alpha Theta — 
Williams University — U. S. 
Navy, Rear Admiral — 1317 New 
Hampshire Ave. 



Tilden, William C, 1336 I, N. W. 

Towner, James A., 608 E. Capitol. 

White, Horace F., 914 F, N. W. 

Williams, Hardy D., Navy Depart- 
ment. 

Story, Myron L., 628 A, N. E. 

Thomas, Gordon, Alexandria, Va. 



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DELTA KAPPA EPSILON 

THE Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity was founded at Yale College, on June 
22, 1844, by fifteen members of the junior class. 

Although not the first in the field, Delta Kappa Epsilon immediately 
entered upon an aggressive yet conservative policy of extension, so that by 
1861 it had thirty chapters firmly established, nine of which were in southern 
colleges. In all, the fraternity has established forty-eight chapters, eleven 
of which are inactive, so that at the present time Delta Kappa Epsilon has 
thirty-eight active chapters on her list, distributed as follows : Yale, Bowdoin, 
Colby, Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth, Middlebury, Williams, Wesleyan, Trinity 
and Massasschusetts Institute of Technology, in New England ; Hamilton, 
Colgate, College of the City of New York, Rochester, Troy Polytechnic 
Institute, Cornell, Syracuse, Columbia, in New York; Rutgers, in New 
Jersey ; Lafayette and University of Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania ; Van-. 
derbilt, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Central, Virginia and Tulane 
Universities in the South; Miami, Kenyon, Michigan, De Pauw, Adelbert, 
Chicago, California, and Minnesota Universities in the West ; and Toronto 
University in Canada. 

The Princeton chapter, on account of the anti-fraternity laws of the 
college, gave up its charter in 1857 ; the Harvard chapter, owing to its failure 
to fulfil the requirements of the fraternity, was withdrawn in 1890 ; three 
other charters were taken away from northern institutions on account of the 
decline in the standing of the colleges ; all the other inactive chapters were in 
southern colleges, which were compelled to close their doors on account of 
the Civil War. 

The care and conservatism of the fraternity in establishing new chapters 
is illustrated by the fact that within the last twenty years only four new 
charters have been granted, namely ; University of Minnesota, Massachusetts 



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Institute of Technology, Tulane University and Toronto University, the last 
named being the first time Delta Kappa Epsilon has issued a charter outside 
of the United States, the convention of 1898 having granted this one. 

For over twenty-five years Delta Kappa Epsilon has been the strongest 
college fraternity numerically, having a membership at the present time of 
13,548. In alumni organizations it is also ahead of any other fraternity, having 
twenty-four alumni associations and clubs, as follows : New York City, New 
England, Northwestern Association at Chicago, Detroit, Pacific Coast at 
San Francisco, Washington, Rhode Island, Buffalo, Kentucky, Cleveland, 
Delta Kappa Epsilon Club of the Northwest at Minneapolis, Eastern New 
York Association, Rochester, Connecticut, Mississippi Valley at St. Louis, 
Chattanooga, Western Michigan, Harvard, Central New York, Indiana, 
Mountain Association at Denver, Western Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and 
Central Tennesses. 

In a short sketch of a fraternity, whose existence for over fifty years has 
been filled with so many events, it is difficult to name in abbreviated form the 
more important. There are the dinner in Washington in 1855, the first national 
public dinner of a Greek letter society ; the first state association in Alabama, 
in 1859 ; the log-cabin chapter house at Old Kenyon, built in 1854, the cracks 
in whose walls had to be plastered to shut out eavesdroppers, the first chapter 
house in existence ; the Delta Kappa Epsilon march, composed in 1861; the 
Dslta Kappa Epsilon waltz; the mystic circle; the fraternity doxology ; the 
heraldic system developed by Delta Kappa Epsilon. 

In 1861 three catalogues had been published, and our first song book ; in 
1890 the last edition of the catalogue, the most complete and thorough work 
of its kind ever compiled, was published ; a new catalogue will be issued in 
1900. Publications, containing information and data of various kinds, were 
published from time to time, as far back as i860; and in 1883 the council 
published the first issue of the Quarterly, which has ever since maintained a 
prosperous and vigorous existence as the official organ of the fraternity. 

The first convention of the fraternity was held on Christmas, in 1846, at 
Yale, when a new constitution proposed by Cyprian George Webster was 
adopted ; since that time annual conventions have been held regularly. The 
most important held in New York City have been the convention of 1860, 
just before the Civil War: the convention of 1890, and the semi-centennial 



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convention of 1894. The last named was the largest fraternity convention 
ever held. It was under the auspices of the council and took place on 
November 14 to 17, 1894. At this convention six hundred members of the 
fraternity were present, representing all sections of the country, and at the 
banquet three hundred sat down, among them William Boyd Jacobs, the 
sole surviving founder of the fraternity, who, upon this occasion, dedicated to 
the fraternity his pin, worn by him for fifty years, and received from them a 
loving cup, the gift of all the chapters. 

Delta Kappa Epsilon is justly proud of her war record. When the Civil 
War broke out there had been enrolled in our chapters, including those 
deceased, twenty-five hundred members ; of these Delta Kappa Epsilon sent 
to the ranks seven hundred and ninety-six to the Union Army, and twenty-one 
to the United States Navy, seven hundred and twenty-five to the Confederate 
Army and one to the Confederate Navy ; sixty per cent, of all the names on 
her rolls, nearly two-thirds of all the D. K. E's then living, and probably 
nine-tenths of those eligible for service. Of this num^r, eight were 
major generals, thirty-one brigadier generals, ninety-eight colonels, one. 
hundred and eighteen lieutenant colonels, one hundred and seventy majors, 
three hundred and eight captains and over five hundred staff officers. From 
first to last Delta Kappa Epsilon was at the front on both sides. At Great 
Bethel, the first battle of the war, Theodore Winthrop, of Yale, led the advance 
of the Union forces, and Col. Spence, of Princeton, was the Confederate 
colonel in the last engagement, six weeks after Appomatox. 

With such men as Secretary John D. Long, of the Navy ; United States 
Minister to Spain Gen. Stewart L. Woodford ; Peace Commissioner Whitelaw 
Raid; Gen. Matthew C. Butler; John Addison Porter; Col. Theodore Roosevelt; 
Capt. Peyton Conway March, of the Astor Battery; and Dr. John Blair Gibbs, 
the first commissioned officer to fall on the Cuban soil, to represent them, 
Delta Kappa Epsilon has maintained her record in the Spanish-American War. 

The council, the present executive of the fraternity, was estabkshed at 
the convention of 1881, held at Utica with the Hamilton chapter, and con- 
sisted at first of five members, each to hold office for a period of two years. 
Subsequently its membership was increased to seven besides the secretary. 

The present members of the council are : Frank S. Williams, president ; 
David B. Simpson, secretary; Dr. A. Norton Brockway, Aldice G. Warren, 



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John H. Safford, Dr. H. S. Wilcox, John B. Ekeley, and George C. Austin. 
John B. Ekeley is editor of the catalogue ; Aldice G. Warren, of the song 
book; and Jesse Grant Roe, of the quarterly. Under the guidance of the 
council there has been a rapid and systematic advance in the fraternity 
along well defined lines. The alumni have been thoroughly organized; 
chapters have been judiciously revived and are now flourishing ; the business 
methods of the chapters have been regulated, and a large proportion of them 
built or purchased houses; the Quarterly catalogues and song books 
have been regularly published ; a complete system of chapter heraldry has 
been worked out ; and new and strong chapters established. 

Such, in brief, is the story of Delta Kappa Epsilon, of her existence for 
over half a century. Her founders builded better than they knew. In 
college life, of which the fraternity system has become such an inherent part. 
Delta Kappa Epsilon is a leader. But it is not in this, nor in the long lists of 
her sons, distinguished in all the walks of life, nor in the magnificence of her 
chapter lodges, nor the grandeur of her clubs, nor in the array of scholastic 
honors and laurels worn in after life, that her glory is, but rather in the 
engenderment and development of that spirit and of that standard of fraternal 
fellowship which can mould into one harmonious whole the ideas, the thoughts, 
the desires, of its component parts, and thus make the ideal brotherhood. 

Jesse Grant Roe. 




JOHN ADDISON PORTER 
JOHN D. LONG WILLIAM TORREY HARRIS 





JAMES HAY 



WILLIAM ASTOR CHANLER 

CHARLES F. SPRAGUE 




JOHN WHITE CHICKERING 
THOMAS P. SIMPSON 



RUFUS A. MORRISON 
STEPHEN MORRELL NEWMAN 





\ 




RANDOLPH HARRISON MC KIM LAUNCELOT MINOR BLACKFORD 

WILLIAM HARKNESS WILLIAM BAYNHAM MATTHEWS 



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DELTA KAPPA EPSILON ROSTER 



Alexander, DeS., Member of 
Congress, House of Representa- 
tives. 

Allen Andrew Hussey — A — Har- 
vard University — '78 — Chief of 
Bureau of Rolls and Library, 
Department of State — 1500 Ver- 
mont Ave. 

Anderson, Larz, 1530 K, N. W. 
Appleby, Joseph R., 1430 33rd, N. 

W. 
Baker, C. A., 1108 F, N. W. 

Baker, Leigh Yerkes — Beta Phi 
and Omicron — University of 
Rochester and University of 
Michigan — '90 — Physician, 
(Oculist and Aurist) — iioo 
13th, N. W. 

Barton, Jonathan O., The Ban- 
croft. 

Berry, Walter VanR., 344 D, N. 
W. 

Beveridge, Alfred J., U. S. Sena- 
tor from Indiana. 

Blackford, Benjamin L., 926 F, N. 
W. 

Blackford, Launcelot Minor- 
Eta— University of Virginia 
— '60 — Principal of Episcopal 
High School, Alexandria, Va. 

Black, H. Campbell, 2516 14th. 

Blair, Woodbury, 1651 Pennsyl- 
vania Ave. 

Boardman, William J., 1801 P, N. 
W. 



Bowers, George C. — Sigma — Am- 
herst College — '61 — Life Insur- 
ance, 1308 F, N. W. — 701 I2th, 
N. W. 

Broughton, William S., 1629 Q, N. 
W. 

Brown, Calvin S., General Land 
Office. 

Brown, Jesse, 1801 I, N. W. 

Bryan, Frederick C. — Beta Chi — 
Western Reserve University — 
'78 — Attorney and Counsellor, 
700 14th, N. W. — The Magnolia, 
1321 M. 

Bull, Melville, Hdlise of Repre- 
sentatives. 

Butler, M. C, Kellogg Building. 

Butterfield, W. John, 519 5th, N. 
W. 

Cady, Edward W.— Phi— Yale 
University — '72 — Lawyer, 
Washington Loan and Trust 
Co. Building — 14th St. Road, 
Argyle. 

Chanler, William Astor — Alpha — 
Harvard University — '90 — Law- 
yer, Member Congress, Four- 
teenth District, New York City, 
501 14th, N. W. 

Chickering, John White— Theta— 
Bowdoin College— '52— College 
Professor — The Portner. 

Chung, Mun-Yew — Phi — Yale 
University — '83 — Diplomatic 
Service, Chinese Legation. 

Clarke, S. E., Bureau of Educa- 
tion, 



208 



DELTA KAPPA EPSILON— Continued 



•Clement, G. H., U. S. Treasury 
Department. 

■Collins, Robert Moore— A. A.— 
Middlebury College— '89 — Asso- 
ciated Press Correspondent, in 
charge at Manila, Office Associ- 
ated Press — 1358 Columbia 
Road. 

'Coolidge, A. B.—Mu— Colgate 
University — '82 — Physician and 
Medical Examiner, Bureau of 
Pensions — 1913 Pennsylvania 
Ave. 

Cowles, Arthur Woodruff — Alpha 
Chi — Trinity University — '81 — 
Examiner, U. S. Patent Office — 
1356 Yale, N. W. 

'Cragin, H. W., Atlantic Building. 

Cummings, Horace S. — Pi — Dart- 
mouth College — '62 — Lawyer, 
I4t6 F— 1756 K, N. W. 

'Cunningham, Seymour, 1719 K, N. 
W. 

Cushing, Thomas A., 1333 N, N. 
W. 

Dorsey, IT. W., Hyattsville, Md. 

DuBois, C. L., General Land Of- 
fice. 

Eaton. J. Q.. The Concord. 

Earniun, John R., McGill Build- 
ing. 

Pield, Edward A., Army Depart- 
ment. 

^ord. Lsaac PL— Phi— Yale Uni- 
versity— '71— Lawyer, 1412 N 
N. W. 



Freeman, Joseph E., 1629 Q, N. 
W. 

Gage, Nathaniel Parker — Pi — 
Dartmouth College — '62 — Su- 
pervising Principal Public 
School, Seaton School — 1126 
5th, N. W. 

Gaylord, Marvin — Mu — Colgate 
University — '98 — Government 
Clerk, Treasury Building — 1770 
Massachusetts Ave. 

Gould, Ashley M., 507 E, N. W. 

Gregory, Samuel B. — Beta — Uni- 
versity of North Carolina — '91 — 
Clerk, Department of Agricul- 
ture — 717 6th, N. E. 

Griswold, William T., 8th and F, 

N. W. 

Hallowell, H. C, Sandy Springs, 
Md. 

Harkness, William — Beta Phi — 
University of Rochester — '58 — 
Professor of Mathematics and 
Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy (re- 
tired) — Cosmos Club, 1520 H, 
N. W. 

Harris, William Torrey— Phi- 
Yale University— '58— U. S. 
Commissioner Education, Bu- 
reau of Education — 1303 P, N. 
W. 

Hawkes, William Himes — Upsilon 
— Brown University — '(^J — Phy- 
sician, 1326 F, N. W.— 734 17th, 
N. W. 




WALLACE WORTH KITE 
FRANCIS J. WOODMAN 



EDWARD LIND MORSE 
MUN-YEW CHUNG 




WILLIAM HIMES HAWKES 
GEORGE C. BOWERS 



ISAAC H. FORD 
GEORGE WILLIAM WORMELLE 




WILLIAM TWOMBLY 
LUCIAN S. TILTON 



HORACE S. CUMMINGS 
NATHANIEL PARKER GAGE 




A. B. COOLIDGE 
MARVIN GAYLORD 



WARREN WALTER RICH 
ROBERT MC NAMEE 




ROBERT MOORE COLLINS 
FREDERICK C. BRYAN 



GEORGE RUSSELL WALES 
JOSIAH KINGSLEY OHL 




LEIGH YERKES BAKER 
RICHARD PARDEE WILLIAMS 



ARTHUR WOODRUFF COWLES 
ROBERT FRENCH MASON 



215 



DELTA KAPPA EPSILON— Continued 



Hay, James — Eta Alpha — Wash- 
ington and Lee University — ''j'j 
— Lawyer, Member Congress, 
Seventh Virginia District, 
House of Representatives — 
Madison, Va. 

Herbert, H. A., 1419 G, N. W. 

Hester, Joseph F., 425 9th, N. W. 

Hillyer, Curtis J., 1618 21st, N. W. 

Hite, Wallace Worth— Phi— Yale 
University — '78 — Chief of 
Draftsman's Division, U. S. 
Patent Office — The Olympia. 

Hodges, Ben W. — Psi — Uni- 
versity of Mississippi — '76 — 
Lieutenant U. S. Navy, Naval 
Observatory. 

Hodge, John L., 1420 New York 
Ave, N. W. 

Howe, Walter Bruce, 1724 I. 

Hoy, Clinton S., 1770 Massa- 
chusetts Ave. 

Hoyt, Harry Martyn, 15 16 K, N. 
W. 

Jones, John D., Metropolitan Club. 

Jones, William A. — University of 
Virginia — '68-9, '69-70 — Attor- 
ney at Law, Warsaw, Va. 

Joy, Charles F., House of Repre- 
sentatives. 

Knox, William S., House of Rep- 
resentatives. 

Langworthy, Charles F., 1604 17th, 
N. W. 

Lantz, Franklin W., 1319 19th, N. 
W. 

Libbv, Frank, 163 1 i6th, N. W. 



Lodge, Henry Cabot, U. S. Sena- 
tor from Massachusetts, U. S. 
Senate. 

Long, John D. — Alpha — Harvard 
University — '57 — Lawyer, Sec- 
retary of the Navy, Navy De- 
partment — Hingham, Mass. 

Lyon, M. W., War Department. 

McKim, Randolph Harrison — Eta 
— University of Virginia — '61 — 
Rector of Church of the Epi- 
phany — 162 I K. 

McNamee, Robert — Rho — Lafay- 
ette Universit}' — '85 — Attorney, 
Speaker Florida ifbuse of Rep- 
resentatives, Publisher Newspa- 
per, Jacksonville, Fla. — Jackson- 
ville, Fla. 

Manning, Van. H., U. S. Geolog- 
ical Survey. 

Mason, Robert French — Eta — 
University of Virginia— '87 — 
Physician — 1605 Connecticut 
Ave. 

Matthews, William Baynham — 
Eta — University of Virginia and 
Columbian University — '70-71 — 
Attorney at Law, Author, 704 
14th — 1463 Kenesaw Ave. 

Maxim, W. R., U. S. National 
Museum. 

Maxwell, George H., 1827 Phelps, 
N. W. 

Merriam, A. C, 1201 New Jersey 
Ave. 



2l6 



DELTA KAPPA EPSILON— Continued 



iMorrison, Rufiis A. — Sigma — 
Amherst College, Mass. — '59 — 
Examiner, Patent Office, 253 
Patent Office — 1421 Staughton, 
N. W. 

j\Iorse, Edward Lind — Phi — Yale 
University— '78— Artist, 1329 F 
—1606 New Hampshire Ave. 

Nesmith, Otto A., Signal Office, 
War Department. 

Newman, Stephen Morrell — Theta 
— Bowdoin College — '67 — 
Clergyman, Pastor First Con- 
gregational Church, cor. loth 
and G, N. W.— 1818 M, N. W. 

Noble, Joseph, U. S. Treasury. 

O'Brien, Robert L., 917 F, N. W. 

O'Grady, James M. E., House of 
Representatives — Arlington 
Hotel. 

Ohl, Josiah Kingsley — Lambda — 
Kenyon College — '84 — Journalist 
— The Atlanta Constitution, The 
London Daily Telegraph, 1417 
G, N. W.— Cleveland Park. 

Parker, Edward Mason, Alpha 
Alpha — Middlebury College — 
'81 — Physician, 1729 H, N. W. 

Peary, Robert E., Navy Depart- 
ment. 

Porter, John Addison — Phi — Yale 
University — '78 — Secretary to 
the President, Executive Man- 
sion — 1623 K, N. W. 

Powell, R. C, Patent Office. 

Prince, H. L., Patent Office. 

Prouty, C. A., Sun Building. 

Pugh, W. H., 404 Spruce. 



Ramsdell, Charles B., 1404 nth. 

Rich, Warren Walter— Mu— Col- 
gate University — '84 — Lawyer, 
Office of the Auditor for the 
War Dept.— 1325 M, N. W. 

Roberts, Arthur Carr, U. S. Geo- 
logical Survey. 

Robinson, Leigh, 1333 F. 

Russell, Charles A., House of 
Representatives. 

Russell, Philip G., 515 7th.. N. W. 

Sebring, F. A., 6th, cor. of D, N. 
W. 

Severance, Frank C. — Sigma — 
Amherst College — '63 — Clerk, 
Office Auditor for Navy De- 
partment, Treasury Department. 

Shannon, Richard C, The Port- 
land. 

Simpson, Thomas P. — Phi — Yale 
University — '47 — Attorney — 
1301 Rhode Island Ave. 

Sprague, Charles F. — Alpha — ■ 
Harvard University — '79 — Law- 
yer, Member of Congress, Elev- 
enth District, Mass. — Brookline, 
Mass; 1500 Rhode Island Ave. 

Stuart, A. R., 7 DuPont Circle, N. 
W. 

Taylor, Julian, State Department. 

Taylor, R. W., House of Repre- 
sentatives. 

Thompson, Charles T., 2508 20th, 
N. W. 

Tilton, Lucian S. — Pi — Dart- 
mouth University — '75 — Teach- 
er, 1505 Pennsylvania Ave. — 
33 1 1 17th. 



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DELTA KAPPA EPSILON— Continued 



Tiilluck, Seymour W., Hyatts- 
ville, Md. 

Twombly, William — Pi — Dart- 
mouth College — '76 — Attorney 
and Counsellor at Law, 321 4^, 
N. W. — 145 Massachusetts Ave., 
N. E. 

Wads worth, James W., House of 
Representatives. 

Wales, George Russell — A. A. — 
Middlebury College — '87 — Law- 
yer, U. S. Civil Service Com- 
mission — 1358 Columbia Road. 

Wallis, William J., 607 North 
Carolina Ave., N. W. 

Webb, John S., 918 F, N. W. 

Whitney, Joseph N., 1403 F, N. 
W. 

Wilbur, William Allen, Columbian 
University. 



Williams, Richard Pardee — Nu — 
College of the City of New York 
— '74 — Clergyman, 226 Indiana 
Ave.— 219 C, N. W. 

Wilkinson, A. C, Patent Office. 

Wilson, Davies, The Columbia, 

Columbia Heights. 
Woodhull, Maxwell Van Z., 2033 

G, N. W. 

Woodman, Clarence E., Catholic 
University. , 

Woodman, Francis J. — Phi — Yale 
University — '76 — Physician and 
Medical Examiner, U. S. Pen- 
sion Bureau — 634^, N. E. 

Wormelle, George William — Xi of 
Colby — LTnion University — '60 — 
Board of Review, Pension Of- 
fice — 207 Elm, LeDetroit Park. 

Young, Joseph W., Magnolia Ho- 
tel. 



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ZETA PSI 

THE origin of a fraternity usually is either in the conditions and circum- 
stances surrounding a number of college men brought together by 
kindred sentiments and interests and a conscious need of union for social and 
intellectual improvement, or in the mind and heart of one man who has an 
ideal as to the principles upon which a fraternity should be founded, and 
confidently sets out to develop that idea into a reality. 

Zeta Psi was the offspring of the lofty thought and excellent character 
of John B. Yates Sommers, of the Class of 1849, New York University. 
He was the son of Rev. Charles G. Sommers, D. D., Pastor of the then South 
Baptist Church of New York, and Sarah L. (Skelding) Sommers, and was 
born on August 15, 1829. Entering New York University in the early fall of 
1845, at the age of sixteen, by diligence and devotion to his studies he 
attained and held a high position in the class. The attractive graces which 
distinguished him made him " one of the most popular stud^ts in college." 
Early in his college career he devised the plan of organizing a fraternity, 
qualification for membership in which should bs good-fellowship, good 
morals, and fine and cultured personal qualities. He had to consider that 
there were chapters of three strong fraternities already in New York 
University, and chapters of these or similar fraternities in other colleges which 
might be regarded good fields in which to establish a new one, and that the 
authorities of some colleges absolutely prohibited uniting with fraternities under 
penalty of expulsion. Young Sommers, nothing daunted by these conditions, 
enlisted with him in this new enterprise his intimate friend, William Henry 
Dayton and his classmate, John S. Skillman. Dayton, on account of ill-health, 
went South and entered the University of North Carolina. These three young 
men, in their freshmen and early sophomore years, 1845 and 1846, discussed 
iheir plans at Sommers' home and by correspondence. Dayton was to form a 
colony in his college, but his constantly increasing weakness and subsequent 
death prevented the introduction of the new fraternity. These misfortunes 
increased the difficulties which young Sommers encountered, but with 
courage, he and Skillman persisted in their plans, for it was said of 
Sommers, "in him were combined childlike simplicity and gentleness of 
character with the sternest inflexibility of purpose." Although the date 
of the founding of Zeta Psi was June 1, 1847, the project of Sommers would 
have taken definite form in 1846 but for the illness of Dayton. 



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The first two initiates subssquently withdrew. The third addition to tht 
fraternity was Rev. Wm. H. Carter, D. D., LL. D., now of Tallahassee, Fla., 
who was admitted on November 6, 1847. He is the oldest living initiate of 
the fraternity, although Rev. Geo. S. Woodhull, D. D., class of '49, the fourth 
acquisition, now residing at East Saginaw, Michigan, initiated on March 25, 
1848, was the first member of the fraternity to graduate. 

The accession of Carter and Woodhull added enthusiasm and vigor to the 
little band. Henry S. Hodges, then a student at Williams College, friend of 
Woodhull, was initiated on May 11, 1848, being the seventh addition. A 
chapter was established in his college on May 23, 1848. Rev. Judson H. 
Hopkins, D. D., and John Hess, of Rutgers College, the thirteenth and 
fourteenth additions, were initiated by the parent chapter on November 24, 
1848, which is counted as the date of the founding of the chapter at Rutgers. 
After that, the work of expansion proceeded rapidly and yet with conservatism, 
so that although Sommers died on November 23, 1863, he had lived long 
enough to see Zeta Psi well established and, with sixteen flourishing chapters, 
already holding a foremost rank, for the efforts put forth met with such 
success that within the first decade Zeta Psi was represented in twelve of the 
leading colleges. Seven chapters were established in the second decade, five 
in the third, four in the fourth and two in the fifth. Zeta Psi was the pioneer 
Greek letter fraternity at several colleges, including the Universities of 
California and Toronto and McGill University, having preceded by thirteen 
years any other fraternity in Canada. A chapter was established on August 
26, 1899, at the University of Minnesota, under promising conditions, having 
ten men, a chapter house of their own and the enthusiastic support of a 
large number of Zeta Psi alumni in the Twin Cities. 

Some of the chapters have been discontinued, the one at Amherst having 
been abandoned almost at the outset. The Civil War seriously affected the 
life of the chapters, and in several cases all or nearly all of the memibers 
volunteered for service. The chapter at Princeton was given up on account 
of the opposition of the authorities of the college. 

The present roll of chapters is New York University, New York, June 1, 
1847, (projected in 1846); Williams, May 23, 1848; Rutgers, November 
24, 1848; University of Pennsylvania, 1850; Colby, 1850; Brown University, 
1852; Tuft's, 1855; Lafayette, 1857; University of North Carolina, 1858; 
University of Michigan, 1858; Bowdoin, 1867; University of Virginia. 1868; 
Cornell University, 1869; University of California, 1871; University of 
Toronto, 1879; Columbia University, 1879 ; McGill University, 1882; Case 



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School, 1884; Yale University', 1889; Stanford University, 1892: University 
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, August 26, 1899. 

The present number of living members is about 4,400, Nearly 800 have 
died. Catalogues or directories have been published in 1859, 1867, 1874, 
1883, 1889 and 1893. A very full biographical catalogue is now in press. 

It would occupy too much space to mention members who have attained 
eminence — bishops, doctors of divinity, jurists, lawyers. United States and 
State senators and representatives, governors, physicians, college presidents 
and professors, business men, officers in army and navy, not to speak of the 
hundreds of men who are among the best and most influential citizens of the 
land. Zeta Psis, like all fraternity men as a rule, are among the most en- 
thusiastic alumni of their college. 

Zeta Psi has published several song books, that for the semi-centennial 
being the latest. It has been said that the character and spirit of a nation 
are manifested in its songs. This may be remarked concerning Zeta Psi. 
The spirit of fidelity is voiced in the "Classic," by Rev. Wm. Rankin 
Duryee, D. D., Rutgers, '56. 

" Zeta Psi, we pledge to-night 

Evermore to love thee. 
As thy spotless banner white 
Flings its folds above thee. 
Chorus: — "As we tread the pathway high, 
Leading on to glory, 
Oft we'll wreathe 'round Zeta Psi, 
Praise in song and story." 
Delightful memories and enduring loyalty are expressed by Wm. H. 
McElroy, LL. D., Union, '60, of the " Mail and Express," in his Zeta Psi 
semi-centennial poem, 1897, of which the last stanza is: 

" The years have come, the years have gone 

With gray days and with bright. 
But still, thank God, my heart is young 

As on that vanished night 
When Zeta Psi to me drew nigh 
And whispered fond and true 
' Boy, thou art mine and I am thine ' — 
When this old .pin was new" 
Seven of the chapters own chapter houses, all of them suitable'for their 
uses, some of them being excellent buildings, the one at Cornell said 



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to be one of the finest of the kind on the continent. Several have rented 
houses temporarily while preparing to build. The New York University and 
Columbia University chapters of New York City control leased houses 
adequate for chapter and dormitory use, both of them having under 
consideration plans for permanent buildings which will be complete for chapter 
purposes. The Phi Chapter house is at 24 Andrews avenue, University 
Heights, New York; the Alpha Chapter House is at 417 W. 1 18th street, New 
York, both near their respective colleges. The chapter at Ann Arbor is 
building, under the direction of Hon. Benj. T. Cable, 76, a large house of red 
sandstone in place of the frame building, now removed. 

The administration of Zeta Psi is strong, consisting of delegates from 
each chapter, present and past grand chapter officers in annual convention, 
and a permanent executive committee. The policy is conservatism, no 
attempt at publicity, and rigid adherence' to the constitution and long 
approved usages. 

There are no honorary members in the fraternity. 

White is the Zeta Psi color, with which each chapter blends its college 
colors. The white carnation is the fraternity flower. 

The pin is composed of the letter Zeta imposed on the letter Psi. In each 
bar of the Zeta are seven stones, twenty-one in all, the horizontal bars or 
the diagonal bar often being set with stones representing the college color, 
the other stones being pearls or diamonds, for the fraternity color. 

Zeta Psi is actuated now by the principles upon which John B. Yates 
Sommers laid the foundation, and still adheres to the customs and forms 
which he devised more than half a century ago. 

Israel C. Pierson. 




WILLIAM HENRY MORSE 



ROBERT STRETTLE JONES FISHER 




GEORGE W. HALL 
ERNEST GEORGE WALKER EDWARD W. DONN, JR 



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ZETA PSI ROSTER 



Bennett, John W.— Phi— New 
York University — '53 — Law- 

Clerk, Comptroller of the 
Treasury. 

Chester, John M., 1108 E. Capitol. 

Cottrell, Edward B., 704 14th, N. 
W. 

Donn, Jr., Edward W.— Psi— 
Cornell University— '93— Massa- 
chusetts Institute of Technology 
— Architect, 911 G— 1708 i6th. 

Fish, Fred, Patent Office. 

Fisher, Robert Strettle Jones- 
Eta — Pennsylvania College — '67 
— Lawyer, 614 F — 1915 Kalora- 
ma Ave. 

Hall, George W.— Chi— Colby 
University — '7S — Lawyer, care 
Civil Service Commission — 221 
E, N. W. 

Hazen, Abraham D., Washington 
Loan and Trust Building. 



Hill, Robert T., 1738 Q. 
King, Marshall L.— Beta— Uni- 
versity of Virginia— '94— Col- 
lector of Customs, Alexandria, 
Va. — 704 Duke. 

Morse, William Henry— Phi- 
Yale and New York Universities 
—'67 and '69— Lawyer, Library, 
Congressional Librarv — 3227 
i6th, N. W. 

Nimmo, Jr., Joseph— Phi— New 
York University— '53— Statistic- 
ian and Economist, 183 1 F, N 
W. 

Parkinson, Caleb, 806 ^h, N. E. 

Rawson, Thomas H., 602 H, N. 
W. 

Walker, Ernest George— Chi— 
Colby and Harvard Universities 
— '90 and '92 — ^Journalism, care 
The Post— 1706 P, N. W. 

Webb, John S.. 1317 F, N. W. 



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DELTA PSL 

DELTA PSI was founded at Columbia College in January, 1847, in point 
of seniority standing eleventh among college fraternities. A chapter 
at the University of New York was founded at the same time, but became 
extinct in 1853. 

During the period elapsing between the date of its foundation and the 
opening of the Civil War the fraternity established all but two of its now 
active chapters. Six of these were in southern institutions, and four of them 
suffered the fate that overtook nearly all southern chapters of college 
fraternities during that period. A chapter was also established at Princeton 
in 1851. It became extinct, like all other chapters at that institution, a few 
years later. A chapter at Washington and Lee established in 1869 became 
extinct in 1888. 

It will thus be seen that Delta Psi suffered the difficulties common to all 
the fraternities in their earlier years. But it overcame them successfully and 
emerged from the period of "storm and stress" secure in its position and 
with a clearly defined policy. In fact. Delta Psi may be said to hold a 
peculiarly well marked position among college fraternities. Its characteristics 
are pronounced, and its policy unwavering. Unusually secret in character, 
conservative as to extension, strict in its policy as to initiates, and strong in 
organization and the bond of fellowship among its alumni. Delta Psi stands 
pre-eminent and holds well in hand that undefinable charm of the college 
fraternity which so strongly attracts students in American colleges. 

The following list gives all the active chapters, together with the date of 
foundation: 1847, Columbia University; 1849, Burlington College, N. J. 
{transferred in 1854 to University of Pennsylvania); 1850, Trinity College 
(Conn.); 1853, Williams College; 1855, University of Mississippi; 1860, 
University of Virginia; 1868, Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University; 
1889, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 



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No western chapters have been instituted. 

The total membership of the fraternity is a little over three thousand. 
Each chapter owns its own house, Virginia alone excepted, 

"St. Anthony," or graduate Delta Psi clubs, have been formed in New 
York, Philadelphia and Boston. 

The last catalogue of the fraternity was published in 1898, a handsome 
volume bound in light blue, the color of the fraternity. 

There are no honorary members. 

The badge of the fraternity is a St. Anthony cross, bearing a shield of 
blue enamel which displays the emblems of the fraternity. 

The following is a list of some of the better known members of Delta 
Psi: 

Stewart L. Woodford, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish, Jr.. Thom.as Nelson 
Page, Stuyvesant Fish, William Edmond Curtis, of New York: Robert 
Adams, Joseph W. Bailey, Charles Cuthbert Hall. Elwell Stephen Otis, John 
Murray Mitchell, W. A. M. Grier, E. Ellery Anderson, Robert Clifford 
Cornell, Brander Matthews. Wm. Croswell Doane, Frederick W. Vanderbiit, 
Thomas C. Catchings, Charles J. Faulkner, Archibald Hopkins, Clinton Hart 
Merriam. Hernando De Soto Money. 

W. H. Negus. 



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DELTA PSI ROSTER 



Adams, Jr., Robert — University of 
Pennsylvania — '69 — Lawyer and 
Member of Congress, House of 
Representatives — Philadelphia. 

Austin, William Morris — Trinity 
College, Hartford, Conn. — '98 — 
Merchant, 27 and 29 Thomas, 
New York City — 2017 O. 

Bailey, Joseph W. — University of 
Mississippi — '83 — Lawyer, 
House of Representatives — 
Gainesville, Texas. 

Biddle, Clement — University of 
Pennsylvania — '74 — Surgeon, U. 
S. Navy. 

Catchings, Thomas C. — University 
of Mississippi — '63 — Lawyer and 
Member . Congress, House of 
Representatives. 

Chittenden, George B. — Sigma — 
Yale University — '71 S — Mining 
Engineer, 1416 F — 3301 i6th. 

Clark, James W. — Trinity College 
— '63 — Clergyman — 717 Massa- 
chusetts Ave., N. E. 

Clark, Reuben Bacon — Tau — 
Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology — '01 — 1501 Massachu- 
setts Ave. 

Clay, Cecil— University of Penn- 
sylvania — '59 — Chief Clerk. De- 
partment of Justice — 15 13 S. 

Delaney, H. Rozier— University 
of Virginia— '78— Real Estate— 
1320 F. 



Duanc, William Page — University 
of Virginia — Student — Alex- 
andria, Va. 

Dudley, Charles F. — Yale Uni- 
versity — 1900 — 1212 i8th. 

Faulkner, Charles J. — Upsilon — 
University of Virginia — '69 — 
Lawyer, Kellogg Building — 
Martinsburg, W, Va. 

Gordon, Allen T. C. — Upsilon — 
University of Virginia — '98 — 
Law Student. 330 4%, N. W. — 
6 Cooke Place. 

Hayden. James L. — Washington 
and Lee University — '74 — Mem- 
ber of Congress, Tlouse of Rep- 
resentatives — San Antonio, 
Texas. 

Hayden, Robert C. — Trinity — '93 
— Yale, Law — '94 — Lawyer, 
1420 F, N. W.— 1708 H, N. W. 

Head, Frazier Davenport — Sigma 
— Yale University ( Sheffield 
Scientific) — '74 — Lawyer (not 
practising) — 2015 R. 

Heger. Jr., Anton — University of 
Virginia — '90 — Physician — 2029 
Hillyer Place. 

Hopkins, Archibald — Williams 
University— '62— 1728 Massa- 
chusetts Ave. 

Howard, George H.— Epsilon— 
Trinity University, Hartford, 
Conn.— Entered for Class of '72 
— Lawyer. McGill Building — 
Metropolitan Club. 



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DELTA PSI— Continued 



Howard, Hamilton — University of 
Virginia — '87 — Physician — Alex- 
andria, Va. 

Kneedler, William L. — 'j6 — Cap- 
tain U. S. Army, War Depart- 
ment. 

McDonald, Arthur — University of 
Rochester — '80 — Lawyer, Educa- 
tional Bureau. 

Merriam, Clinton H. — Yale — 77 — 
Department of Agriculture. 

Money, Hernando De Soto — Uni- 
versity of Mississippi — '60 — U. 
S. Senator — Carrollton, Miss. 

Page, Thomas Nelson — Beta and 
Upsilon — Washington and Lee — 
University of Virgina — Author 
—1759 R. N. W. 

Simpkins, Nathaniel Stone — Uni- 
versity of Columbia — '83 — 
Metropolitan Club. 



Story, J. P., Jr. — Tau — Massa- 
chusetts Institute of Technology 
— '94 — Real Estate and Insur- 
ance, 819 17th — 1737 N. 

Sullivan, W^illiam Van Amberg — 
University of Mississippi — '76 — 
U. S. Senator — Oxford, Miss. 

Tiffany, George S — Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology — '99 — 
Lieutenant U. S. Army, War 
Department — 1705 Connecticut 
Ave. 

Whiting, Guy F. — University of 
Virginia — '78 — Broker and 
Banker, 1320 F, N. W. — 1303 
New Hampshire Ave. 

Wilmer, William Holland — Upsi- 
lon — University of Virginia — '85 
— Physician, 1610 I, N. W. 



THETA DELTA CHI 

THE Theta Delta Chi Fraternity was founded at Union College in 1848. 
The founders were Akin, Beach, Brown, Green, Hyslop and Wile, class 
of 1849. Hon. Allen C. Beach, ex-Lieutenant Governor of New York, and 
General William S. Hillyer, of General Grant's staff, were Theta Deltas from 
same class. For twenty years the Alpha charge govei%ed the fraternity, 
granting charters and exercising the usual functions of the parent chapter. 

The original badge was a shield differing but slightly from the present 
official badge. A monogram badge is sometimes worn by graduates. These 
badges are to be seen in the accompanying cuts. 

The fraternity colors are black, white and blue. 

The Theta Delta Chi flag consists of a field divided vertically into black, 
white and blue sections, black next the staff, with letters Theta Delta Chi 
respectively in centre of each section. 

The convention of 1868 changed the governing power from the Alpha 
charge to a body called "The Grand Lodge," composed of one graduate and 
two active members, to be elected each year in convention assembled. This 
body acts under a constitution and such rulings as may be noted in convention 
or by charges. The fraternity has published four catalogues ; the last, in 1895, 
shows 2,968 living and 407 deceased members, with a geographical distribution 
covering almost the entire globe. This fraternity admits no honorary 
members. 

Two song books have been published. 

The official organ is "The Shield," published quarterly by the fraternity 
at Ithaca, N. Y. It was founded in 1869, revived in 1884, and since that time 
it has held its place in the very front rank of fraternity publications. 



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Theta Delta Chi is essentially an eastern organization. Since 1889, 
however, charges have been established in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin 
Universities, a satisfactory departure even for this exceedingly conservative 
fraternity. 

Theta Delta Chi celebrated its semi-centennial in New York City in 
February, 1898. The occasion was a notable one. Hotel Windsor was 
crowded with Theta Deltas. Many graduate niembers, representing every 
profession and business in which college men are wont to engage, were in 
attendance. Notable among these were Abel Beach and Andrew H. Green, 
the two surviving founders. A host of under-graduates were Dresent, several 
charges attending in a body. What Theta Delta Chi is and what it has 
accomplished were faithfully portrayed in this celebration. Fraternity 
enthusiasm was at high pitch during the three days' session, reaching its 
culmination on the last day, when the following programme was given : 

Oration, Elmer H. Capen, D.D., President Tufts College; poem, Rev. 
Cameron Mann; history — first period, Col. William L. Stone; second 
period, Prof. Duncan Lee, Cornell University. 

Three hundred plates were laid for the banquet, with Mahlon N. Gilbert, 
D. D., Bishop of Minnesota, as master of the feast. Clay W. Holmes was the 
moving spirit of the celebration, and Chairman of semi-centennial committee. 

Among the Theta Deltas prominent in public life, we mention Hon. John 
Hay, LL. D., recently Ambassador to England, now Secretary of State, U. S.; 
Hon. John W. Griggs, LL. D., Attorney-General U. S.; Hon. W. W. Thomas, 
Minister to Sweden; Hon. William D. Bloxham, Governor of Florida; Hon. 
Daniel N. Lockwood, M. C; Col. William Lamb, Virginia; J. H. D. Wing- 
field. D. D., LL. D., Bishop of California; Hon. Thomas Smith, Chief Justice 
New Mexico; Hon. Nathan T. Dixon, U. S. Senator, R. I.; Hon. H. C. 
Brockmeyer, ex-Governor Missouri; Alexander L. Holly, C. E.; Dr. George 
H. Bridgman, Minister to Bolivia ; Hon. Henry J. Spooner, M. C, R. I.; John 
Brougham, Dramatist; Hon. F. C. Stevens, M. C, Minn.; Hon. James 
Lawrence, Cleveland; Hon. H. Melville Hanna, Cleveland; Gen. Winsor B. 
French, Elmer H. Capen, D. D., President Tufts College ; S. M. Babcock, 
Chemist, Wisconsin; Solon I. Bailey, Astronomer, Harvard; Geo. W. Smith, 
D. D., President Trinity College; Mahlon N. Gilbert, D. D., Bishop of 
Minnesota; Chas. R. Miller, New York Times; Henry C. McCook, D. D., 
Philadelphia; David Gregg, D. D., Brooklyn; J. R. Mellon, Capitalist, 



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Pittsburg; J. McBride Sterrett, D. D, Washington; Hon. Willis S. Paine, 
LL. D., New York; General William Smith, U. S. A.; James H. Perry, 
Chief Engineer U. S. N.; A. M. Randolph, D. D., Bishop of Virginia. 
Benjamin P. Lamberton, Captain of the U. S. Steamship "Olympia;" 
Clark Fisher, Chief Engineer U. S. N.; Peter D. Vroom, Inspector-General 
U. S. A.; Hon. Gonzalo de Quesada, Havana, Cuba; Prof. Ernest W. 
Huffcut, Cornell University; George P. Upton, Chicago Tribune ; George B. 
Young, Chief Justice Supreme Court, Minnesota; Willis P. Odell, D. D. 
New York City; Oliver P. Baldwin, Baltimore Sun ; Henry R. Gibson, M. C, 
Tenn. ; Hon. S. Fred Nixon, LL. D., Speaker of New York Assembly; Rev. 
Lawrence T. Cole, Ph. D., President St. Stephen's College ; James McLach- 
lan, M. C, California. ^ 

Roll of charges : Amherst, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brown, College 
of City of New York, Columbia, Columbian University, Cornell, Dartmouth, 
Hamilton, Harvard, Hobart, Lafayette, Lehigh, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Rochester, Tufts College, Williams, Wisconsin, Yale. 

Grand Lodge ; President, Carl A. Harstrom, Norwalk, Conn.; Secretary, 
Ernest G. Marble, Lynn, Mass.; Treasurer, J. Boyce Smith, Jr., New York. 

Graduate associations: Boston, Chicago, New York, Buffalo, Minneapolis, 

Washington, San Francisco. 

James A. Hamilton. 




JOHN HAY 
THOMAS E. ROGERS 



JOHN W. GRIGGS 
GONZALO de QUFSADA 




EDWARD W. BYRN 
J. MACBRIDE STERRETT 



RUDOLPH A. KING 
LE GRAND POWERS 



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THETA DELTA CHI 



Altschii, J. H., 1334 G, N. W. 

Ashford, Horace F., 1763 P, N. W. 

Brooks, Thomas B., 2018 F, N. W. 

Byrn, Edward W — Sigma — Dick- 
inson College — '70 — Attorney 
and Expert in Patent Cases — 31 
B, N. W. 

Chase, George G., 1201 Whitney 
Ave., N. W. 

Coville, Frederick V., 1836 Cali- 
fornia Ave. 

Cunningham, C. G., Patent Office. 

Domer, Harry T., 738 nth. N. W. 

Gillis, W. W., 1307 Kenyon, N. W. 

Griggs, John W. — Phi — Lafayette 
College — '68 — Lawyer, Attorney- 
General United States, 1707 
Massachusetts Ave. — Paterson, 
N. J. 

Hay, John — Zeta — Brown — '58 — 
Secretary of State — 800 i6th, N. 
W. 

Hiatt, Frank H., 502 C, S. E. 

Hird, John D., 305 T, N. E. 

Huggett, M. Charles, 1403 H, N. 
W. 

Johnson, Samuel P., 1421 F, N. W. 

Kelley, Gilbert W., 2702 13th, N. 
W. 

King, Rudolph A.— Xi— Hobart 
College — '62 — Real Estate — 1430 
Corcoran. 

Knowlton, John W., 1335 N, N. W. 

Lamberton, Benjamin P., 1319 N., 
N. W. 

McOmber, George F., 918 H, N. 
W. 

Metcalf. Frank J., 1530 loth, N. W. 



Perry, James H., 425 N. Capitol. 

Parson, A. B., 309 New Jersey 
Ave., S. E. 

Peelle, Stanton C, The Concord. 
Powers, Ivan, 330 Indiana Ave. 

N. W. 
Powers, Le Grand — K — Tufts 

College ; Iowa State University 

— '']2 — Chief Statistician U. S. 

Census, Census Office — 3007 

15th, N. W. 

Quesada, Gonzalo de — Pi Deuter- 
on — College of the City of New 
York — '88 — Special Commission- 
er for Cuba — The^Raleigh. 

Rogers, Thos. E. — Sigma— Dickin- 
son College — '66 — Supt. National 
Bank Redemption Agency, U. S. 
Treasurer's Office — The Colum- 
bia. 

Spear, Arthur P., 1501 Park, N. 
W. 

Spear. Edwin E., 1501 Park, N. W. 

Sterrett, Douglas B., Springland. 

Sterrett, J. j\Iacbride — Chi — Uni- 
versity of Rochester — '67 — ■ 
Clergyman and College Pro- 
fessor, Columbian University — 
Springland. 

Sterrett, William D., Springland. 

Stevens, F. C, 13 Postal Tele- 
graph Bldg. 

Stranahan, William, Geological 
Survey. 

Stockbridge, William M.. 615 F, 
N. W. 

Strayer, Joseph, 806 F, N. W. 



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THETA DELTA CHI— Continued 

Tanner, J. A., 8 Jackson PI. Willoughby, W. F., Dept of La- 

Twinne, C. J., War Department. bor. 

Wilson, Emory M., 1520 29th, N. Wright, Charles R., 622 F, N. W. 
W. 



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PHI GAMMA DELTA. 

THIS fraternity was founded at Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 
May, 1848. The charter mennbers were John T. McCarthy, '48; 
James Elliott, '48 ; Daniel W. Crofts, '48 ; Samuel B. Wilson, '48 ; Ellis B. 
Gregg, '48 ; and Naaman Fletcher, '49. 

To Naaman Fletcher, the only charter member who was of the junior 
class, is due much of the honor of framing the new fraternity into a living, 
growing and self-perpetuating institution. He was the leader of the fraternity 
in its infant days, and into its young life was infused much cf his noble char- 
acter and earnestness ; and to-day the fraternity does great%honor to his 
memory. He was a young man of great promise, but early in his career 
he met an untimely death, the result of severe exposure while making an open 
air address in the cause of humanity shortly before the Civil War. 

The mother chapter, established at Jefferson, maintained a strong and 
prominent position in college circles as long as the college existed. When 
Jefferson was united with Washington College the chapters in each institution 
were also consolidated, under the name of Alpha, the parent chapter. 

The Civil War was fatal to many a prom.ising young man, and it was 
scarcely less so to many chapters of college fraternities. The ante-bellum 
career of many of our southern chapters is even yet an enviable record. 

The days of the war being over, and the colleges recruiting their ranks, 
the fraternity took upon itself new life and activity. The first effort to revive 
a war-killed chapter was made at De Pauw University, in the re-establishment 
of Lambda chapter. The history of the chapter has been almost an uninter- 
ruptedly creditable one, since the day of its founding. Its roster contains 
many names of prominence in circles of intelligence. This new era in the 
fraternity life proved to be a most propitious one. 

In 1865 the fraternity entered the College of the City of New York, and in 
the year following entered Columbia University. From then on the fraternity 
became national in extent and character. 



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The growth of the fraternity has been gradual since its establishment, and 
it has ever maintained that conservatism in the choice of colleges which it 
should enter that has given it its present strength and high standing in the 
college fraternity world. 

Graduate associations exist at Philadelphia, Columbus, Kansas City, 
Spokane, Chicago, Chattanooga, Williamsport, Dayton, Baltimore, San 
Francisco, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Richmond, Roanoke, Denver, Toledo, Cin- 
cinnati, Brooklyn, Manhattan (New York City), St. Louis. 

The convention meets annually and is the supreme body of the fraternity. 
State organizations in New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, 
Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota hold annual meetings, but for social 
rather than business purposes. The fraternity is governed by a body 
of five archons, three of whom are also national officers, the president, 
secretary and treasurer, respectively. They meet quarterly in the national 
office of the fraternity in New York City, where the secretary of the fraternity 
is in constant attendance conducting the business of the fraternity. 

The last catalogue of the fraternity was published at New York City in 
1898. It was edited by Fabius M. Clarke, Zeta chapter (University of 
Indiana), class of 74, and published by T. Alfred Vernon, Nu Deuteron 
chapter, Yale, class of '75. 

This catalogue is generally acknowledged to be the most complete and 
elegant of its kind ever issued by any fraternity. It is a book of 1,440 pages. 
The complete roster of the fraternity, containing about 7,000 names, is given 
three times, arranged by chapters, alphabetically and by residence. It 
contains nearly 1 ,000 half-tone portraits of prominent and active men in the 
fraternity, and over 200 biographical sketches. The history of each college 
is fully written, and with it appear pictures of the chapter house, chapter 
group, and many full page cuts of the college buildings and campi. 

The fraternity was well represented in the Civil and Spanish wars. In 
the Civil War many of the prominent officers in the Confederate, as well as 
in the Union army, were members of Phi Gamma Delta. In the Spanish 
war the fraternity took a prominent and active part, and many of its names 
have been added to the list of honored living and dead. 

The catalogue of the fraternity, filled with names of men in every pro- 
fessional walk of life, speaks for itself, and it is superfluous to cite the high 



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place Phi Gamma Delta holds in the political, scientific and social world. The 
roster is honored with many eminent names. The fraternity is prominent in 
law, having always had judges of the supreme courts of many of the states. 
In the pulpit the fraternity is represented by such men as Bishops McLaren and 
Hartzell, and Drs. Jackson, Strobridge, Chapman, Wilson, and many others. 
No less than ten prominent litterateurs acknowledge allegiance to Phi Gamma 
Delta, among whom might be mentioned General Lew Wallace, John Clark 
Ridpath, Maurice Thompson, Edward Eggleston, and David D. Lloyd, the 
playwright. The books written by Phi Gamma Delta men would make a 
library in themselves. In journalism are such men as Thomas M. Patter- 
son, Samuel S. McClure and Orlando J. Smith. In the political field Phi 
Gamma Delta has been represented by seven United States senators, thirty- 
five congressmen, several foreign ministers, several governors of states, and 
in the fifty-one years of her history thirty-two presidents of prominent colleges 
and universities have worn the Phi Gamma Delta badge^while in finance 
the fraternity is represented by Stephen V. White and others. All these 
were regularly initiated in college, and in no case were what are called honor- 
ary members. 

The chapter roll contains forty-eight chapters, as follows : Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Amherst, Yale, 
Trinity, College of the City of New York, Columbia, University of the City of 
New_York, Colgate, Cornell, Union, University of Pennsylvania, Lafayette, 
Lehigh, Bucknell, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State, Johns-Hopkins, Univer- 
sity of North Carolina, University of Virginia, Roanoke, Hampden-Sidney, 
Washington and Lee, Richmond, Washington and Jefferson, Allegheny, 
Wittenberg, Ohio Wesleyan, Denison, Ohio State, Wooster, Indiana, De Pauw, 
Hanover, Wabash, University of Tennessee, Bethel, Illinois Wesleyan, Knox, 
University of Illinois, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Uni- 
versity of Kansas, William Jewell, University of California, University of 
Nebraska, University of Maine, and University of Missouri. 

The journal of the fraternity was first issued as a monthly in 1879, and 
edited by William F. McDowell, until recently chancellor of the University of 
Denver. In 1886 it was enlarged and issued quarterly, its name being 
changed at that time from The Phi Gamma Delta to The Phi Gamma 
Delta Quarterly, For the last ten years it has been ably edited by Frederick 



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C. Howe, of Cleveland, 0., and is one of the foremost fraternity publications. 
It is now published eight times a year. 

The badge of the fraternity is a diamond-shaped shield, on a field of black 
bound by a golden cord, the Greek letters Phi Gamma Delta in gold, in the 
chief a white star, in the base the Greek letters alpha, omega, mu, eta. The 
fraternity color is royal purple, and its flower the heliotrope. The flag is 
psnnant-shaped, on a field of royal purple the Greek letters Phi Gamma Delta 
in white, in the dexter canton a white star. 

The semi-centennial of the fraternity was celebrated in Washington, Penn- 
sylvania, on October 14, and in Pittsburgh, October 15, 16, 17 and 18, 1898, 
and will ever be memorable for the number of prominent men in public life 
who were in attendance. 

The last song book appeared in 1898, and was edited by Walter 0. Stier 
and published by T. Alfred Vernon. The songs of Phi Gamma Delta are full 
of love and enthusiasm for the fraternity, and the veterans, as well as the 
JDoUege boys, join in the glad refrain : 

" Phi Gamma Delta, still to thee 
Our hearts will turn eternally." 

Richard Lloyd Jones 



II 




CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS 
"WILLIAM WESLEY KARR 



HORATIO S. RUBENS 
ROBERT J. TRACEWELI 




ALVIN O. PORTNER 
JAMES WILLOUGHBY ANDERSON EDWARD I. WADE 




JOSEPH H. HUNTER 
PARKE P. FLOURNOY EDGAR BROWN 



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PHI GAMMA DELTA ROSTER 



Albert, Allen D., Pension Office. 

Anderson, James Willotighby — 
Beta Chi — Lehigh — '89 — Exam- 
iner, U. S. Patent Office — 15 19 
28th, N. W. 

Apple, Hugh L., 1412 Kenesaw 
Ave. 

Ball, Charles Backus, 942 T., N. 
W. 

Bright, Frank S., 1403 F., N. W. 

Brown, Edgar — Chi — Union Col- 
lege — '95 — Division of Botany, 
Dept. Agriculture — 1915 13th, 
N. W. 

Carroll, Walter C. — Beta Deu- 
teron — Roanoke College — '86 — 
Lawyer — 503 E, N. W. — 1321 
33d, N. W. 

Fairbanks, Charles W. — Ohio 
Wesleyan University — '72 — 
Lawj^er, United States Senator 
from Indiana — 1800 Masaschu- 
setts Ave., N. W. ; Indianapolis, 
Ind. 

Fitch, Henry, 3306 14th, N. W. 

Flournoy, Parke P., Jr. — Delta 
Deuteron — Hampden - Sidney 
College — '92 — Architect, Office 
of Supervising Architect of the 
Treasury — Bethesda, Md. ; 1129 
14th. 

Gait, Norman, 1404 21st, N. W. 

Gilpin, E. N., 1429 Binney. 

Grant, Harold C, 1419 F, N. W. 
— 621 North Carolina Ave., S. 
E. 



Herndon, Cumberland G., Navy 
Dept. 

Hopkins, Jas. H., 1505 Pennsyl- 
vania Ave. 

Hunter, Joseph H.—Zeta— In- 
diana University — '84 — Pension 
and Patent Lawyer, 1813 G, N. 
W.— 2023 H, N. W. 

Karr, William Wesley — Tau — 
Hanover College, Hanover, Ind. 
— '75 — Disbursing Officer, 
Smithsonian Institution — 1452 
Euclid PI., N. W. 

Lattimore, D. E., Surgeon Gener- 
al's Office, War JJept. 

Lewis, Samuel H., 631 Pennsyl- 
vania Ave. 

Livings, Theodore, 718 3d, N. E. 

Luckett, Samuel D., 504 A, S. E. 

Michener, Perry G., Pacific Build- 
ing. 

Moon, John B., 306 C, N. W. 

Moore, Jr., Chas. C, 1307 13th, N. 
W. 

Perley, F. A., 151 1 13th, N. W. 

Portner, Alvin O. — Omicron — 
University of Virginia — '96, '99 
— Lawyer, 604 D, N. W. — 1104 
Vermont Ave. 

Prindle, Edwin J., 509 7th, N. W. 

Rubens, Horatio S. — Upsilon and 
Omega — New York City College 
and Columbia University — '88, 
'91 — Lawyer, 1416 F, N. W. — 
The Raleigh. 

Shepard, Seth, 1429 Euclid PI. 



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PHI GAMMA DELTA— Continued 



Simons. Frank D. — Zeta — Indiana 
University — '95 — Assistant 
Chemist, Bureau Internal Reve- 
nue. Treasury Dept. — Montrose 
Flats. 

Thorn, Columbus W., iioo I, N. 
W. 

Tracewell. Robert J. — Hanover 
College — '74 — Lawyer, Treasury 
Building — 1428 Euclid. 

Wade. Edward I.— Kappa Deu- 
teron — LTniversity of • Georgia — 
'90 — Secretary to Hon. A. D. 
Lynch, Office Comptroller of the 
Currency — 1310 Wallach PI. 



Walker, Abbott R., 1125 6th, S. ■ 

W. I'l 

Walter, Harry C, 1127 13th, N. 
W. 

Weik, Otto B., 523 9th, N. W. 

Westcott, Chas. D., 1414 20th, N. 
W. 

Williams, Granville S., iii 5th, 
S. E. 

Wilson, Stanyarne — Member of 
Congress — 1222 New Hampshire 
Ave. 



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PHI DELTA THETA* 

THE Phi Delta Theta Fraternity was founded December 26, 1848, at 
Miami University, Oxford, 0. The founders were six undergraduates, 
the three upper classes being equally represented. The first roll call was as 
follows: Robert Morrison, '49; John McMillan Wilson, '49; Robert 
Thompson Drake, '50; John Wolfe Lindley, '50; Ardwan Walker Rodgers, 
'51 ; Andrew Watts Rogers, '51. From them was received "The Bond of the 
Phi Delta Thsta," v/hich is the fundamental law of the fraternity. 

The badge is in the shape of a shield. In the upper part is a radiated 
eye, below which is a scroll bearing the Greek letters Phi Delta Theta. This 
was adopted in 1849. In 1865 a sword was added, attached to^he shield by a 
chain. At present the sword and shield are usually made in one piece. 

Phi Delta Theta was the first fraternity to group its chapters into 
provinces, each one of which has a special set of officers to administer the 
affairs of the chapters contained in it. There are now eight of these provinces, 
namely : Alpha, comprising all chapters in and east of Pennsylvania ; Beta, 
comprising Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee ; Gamma — 
Georgia and Alabama ; Delta — Ohio and Michigan ; Epsilon — Indiana ; Zeta 
— Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska ; Eta — Louisi- 
ana and Texas ; Theta — California. The fraternity now has sixty-four chap- 
ters, and has had, since 1883, a larger number of active college chapters than 
any other fraternity. Phi Delta Theta is established in twenty state univer- 
sities. No other fraternity is represented in so many. In addition, five other 
institutions having Phi Delta Theta chapters receive state or federal support, 
or both. But few additions to the chapter roll have been accepted within the 
last decade. A large number of the chapters occupy chapter housss, in many 
mstances owning them, while other chapters have started funds for the pur- 
pose of building. 

The membership of the fraternity is 10,051. With but two exceptions, 
where it is slightly exceeded, th3 number of living members of Phi Delta 
Theta is larger than that of any other college fraternity. 



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Phi Delta Tneta also has thirty-eight alumni chapters, a larger number 
than any other college fraternity. The first was established in 1876. 
Thsy are chartered by the fraternity and have the privilege of being epre- 
sented in the national convention, which meets biennially, but they have not 
the power of initiation. Many of these chapters are incorporated under the 
laws of their respective states. 

In 1881 the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity was incorporated under the laws 
of Ohio. 

The national fraternity conventions have been held as follows: 1851, 
Cincinnati; 1856, Cincinnati; 1857, Danville; 1858, Bloomington ; 1868, 
Indianapolis; 1869, Chicago ; 1870, Oxford; 1871, Indianapolis ; 1872, Dan- 
ville ; 1873, Athens; 1874, Crawfordsville ; 1875, Danville; 1876, Philadel- 
phia; 1878, Wooster; 1880, Indianapolis; 1882, Richmond ; 1884, Nashville : 
1886. New York; 1889, Bloomington; 1891, Atlanta; 1894, Indianapolis; 
1896, Philadelphia; 1898, Columbus, which celebrated the semi-centennial of 
the fraternity. The next convention will be held in Louisville, in 1900. 

The administration of the fraternity is under the direction of the general 
council and a board of trustees, elected at each national convention. The 
general council now consists of J. Clark Moore, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa., 
president; Frank D. Swope, of Louisville, Ky., secretary; Hubert H. Ward, 
of Cleveland, 0., treasurer; Hugh T. Miller, of Irvington, Ind., editor of 
The Scroll; McCheney Radcliffe, M. D., of Philadelphia, Pa., historian; 
trustees: Royal H. Switzler, Kansas City, Mo.; Hon. Emmett Thompkins, 
Dr. J. E. Brown, Columbus, 0.; and A. A. Stearns, Cleveland, O. 

The national convention of 1899 established Alumni Day, which is 
celebrated on the fifteenth day of March. This date is selected as being the 
birthday of Rev. Robert Morrison, D. D., the oldest living member of the 
fraternity. He is known in the fraternity as " the father of Phi Delta Theta." 
On that day, each year, it is customary for every active and alumni chapter to 
hold a special social and business meeting, and to bring about a reunion of all 
members of the fraternity who may bs in the vicinity. Ritualistic exercises 
are held, and the ties of friendship and fraternity are renewed. Most of the 
chapters give a dinner or banquet at this time. Phi Delta Theta was the first 
fraternity to establish such a custom. 

Six editions of the fraternity catalogue have been issued, in 1860, 1870, 
1872, 1878, 1883 and 1894, the last being a handsome royal octavo volume of 



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475 pages. Five editions of the fraternity song book have been ic.ued, in 
1874, I87t), 1882, 1886 and 1895, the last containing eighty-seven songs, many 
of which have been set to original music. Eight or ten pieces of sheet music 
inscribed to Phi Delta Theta have been published. Two editions of the fra- 
ternity manual, which contains a succinct history of Phi Delta Theta, have 
been issued, in 1886 and 1897. The fraternity magazine, called The Scroll 
OF Phi Delta Theta, was first issued in 1875. It is a bi-monthly, liberally 
illustrated, the numbers averaging over 125 pages each. The Palladium, a 
bi-monthly bulletin devoted to the private affairs of the fraternity, was 
established in 1894. 

The fraternity colors are argent and azure. 

The fraternity flag consists of three perpendicular bars of equal width, the 
two outer bars being blue and the inner one white. Each of the outer bars is 
charged with three white five-pointed stars, and the middle bar is charged 
with the Greek letters Phi Delta Theta in blue. The stars and letters are 
arranged vertically. * 

The flower is the white carnation. 

Pallas is the tutelary deity of the fraternity. 

The open motto, liberally interpreted, signifies " we enjoy life by the help 
and society of others." 

The yell, adopted in 1891, is "Rah! Rah! Rah! Phi-Kei-A! Phi Delta 

Theta! Rah! Rah! Rah! " 

There are now alumni chapters of the fraternity in Providence, Boston, 

New Y ork, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Louis- 
ville, Nashville, Atlanta, Columbus, Macon, Montgomery, Mobile, Birmingham, 
Selma, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Athens, Akron. Indianapolis, Frank- 
lin, De'troit, Chicago, Galesburg, Milwaukee, La Crosse, Minneapolis, St. Paul, 
St.' Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Los Angeles 

and Spokane. 

Active chapters are in the following colleges : Colby University, Dart- 
mouth College, University of Vermont, Williams College, Amherst College. 
Brown University, Cornell University, Union University, Columbia University, 
Syracuse University, Lafayette College, Gettysburg College, Washington and 
Jefferson College, Allegheny College, Dickinson College, University of Penn- 
sylvania, Lehigh University, University of Virginia, Randolph-Macon College, 
Washington and Lee University, University of North Carolina, Centre Col- 



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lege. Central University. Vandsrbilt University. University ot the South, Uni- 
versity of Georgia, Emory College, Mercer University. University ot Alabama, 
Alabama Polytechnic InstitJte, University of Mississippi, Tulane University of 
Louisiana, University of Texas, Southwestern University, Miami University, 
Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio University. Ohio State University, Case 
School of Applied Science. University of Cincinnati, Indiana University, 
Wabash College, University of Indianapolis, Franklin College, Hanover 
College. De Pauw University, Purdue University, University of Michigan, 
Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Knox College, Lombard 
University, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, University of 
Minnesota, Iowa Wesleyan University, University of Iowa, University of 
Missouri, Westminster College, Washington University, University of Kansas, 
University of Nebraska, University of California, Leland Stanford. Jr. 

University. 

Roy M. Hardy. 




ORVILLE J. MASON 
HENRY VAN NESS BOYNTON JOHN KNOX BOUDE 



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PHI DELTA THETA ROSTER 



Bard, William M., 1012 S, N. W. 

Barnard, Ralph P., 416 5th, N. W. 

Boude, John Knox — Ohio Alpha — 
Miami, Oxford, 0.-52; M. D., 
University of Pennsylvania, '57 
Member Board of Pension Ap- 
peals, Department of Interior — 
1622 15th, N. W. 

Boynton, Henry Van Ness — Ken- 
tucky Military Institute — Jour- 
nalist, 1403 F — 1321 R. 

Butler, C. H., 236 N. Capitol. 

Douglass, W. J., 1412 29th, N. W. 

Du Barry, Beekman, Jr., 1904 G. 

Edson, John Joy, Jr., 1324 i6th, N. 
W. 



Ewell, Ervin E., 1804 S, N. W. 

Groseclose, Chas. J., 1533 King- 
man PI., N. W. 

Hasbrouck, Edwin M., 2422 14th, 
N. W. 

Herriott, D. W., 1842 15th, N. W. 

Johnson, Guy Hamilton, 416 5th. 
N. W. 

Mason, Orville J. — Allegheny Col- 
lege, Meadville, Pa.— '88— Clerk, 
War Dept., Office Com. Gen. 
Subs.— 1320 I, N. W. 

Shaw, John W., 1453 Rhode Is- 
land Ave. 

Westcott, Chas. D., 1414 20th, N. 
W. % 



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PHI KAPPA SIGMA 

T^HE Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity was founded at the University of Penn- 
* sylvania on August 16. 1850 (instituted on October 19th of the same 
year), by Dr. S. B. Wylie Mitchell. J. Bayard Hodge. Alfred V. Du Pont, 
Charles Hare Hutchinson. John T. Stone, Duane Williams and Andrew A. 
Ripka. The first chapter established was the Alpha Chapter at the University 
of Pennsylvania, and the last, the Alpha-Epsilon, at the Armour Institute of 
Technology, Chicago. Of the fifteen chapters established before the Civil 
Wa.Y, only five are in existence — the Alpha, Delta, Epsilon. Zeta and Eta 
Chapters ; the remaining active chapters — eight in number — having been 
founded at irregular intervals since 1872. Phi Kappa Sigma iAthe only fra- 
ternity ever founded at the University of Pennsylvania. 

The history of the Fraternity has been peculiar, and in some respects 
almost unique. As will be seen from the foregoing, prior to the breaking out 
of the Civil War, the Fraternity prospered and waxed strong in numbers, the 
South being largely represented in the roll of chapters. The close of the war 
found it almost broken asunder, and only a few of the chapters survived the 
shock of disruption. Although sorely wounded, vitality was still present, and 
after a lapse of ten years the Fraternity had pulled itself together sufficiently 
to make a strong bid for life, and to have strengthened its hold on affairs by 
establishing several new chapters, This may be said to be the turning point 
in the history of Phi Kappa Sigma. Undaunted by blows that would have 
killed outright a less energetic organization, and undeterred by the darkest 
outlook, the Fraternity shook off by main force the fetters that bound her and 
stretched out her roots into more productive soil. During all this season of 
uncertainty and unrest the Alpha Chapter had stood like a rock, and around 
her the other chapters gathered for encouragement and support. That these 
comforts were fully meted out is shown by the fact that out of fifteen chapters 
established since (and including) 1872, eight survive, all of which are active 
and prosperous. The present chapter roll, therefore, consists of thirteen active 
chapters, of which five have been established since 1890. 



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Without in any way doing an injustice to the other chapters of the Fra- 
ternity, it may fairly be said that the Alpha— the parent chapter — has since 
its inception been the most prominent and most active of them all. In fact, 
for nearly twenty years after the Fraternity's foundation, the Alpha Chapter 
was constituted the governing body of the entire organization ; and although 
since that time, the general government has been vested in an equal represen- 
tation of all the chapters sitting annually as the Grand Chapter, the influence 
of Alpha has been paramount in shaping the destinies of Phi Kappa Sigma. 
That this influence has not been improperly used, the present prosperity and 
progress of the fraternity is evidence of the most convincing kind. Outside 
of her immediate interests, the most notable event in the history of the Alpha 
Chapter was the foundation by her of a prize at the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, of the interest on $400.00, presented in honor of the founder of the 
fraternity, the late Dr. Samuel Brown Wylie Mitchell. The prize is awarded 
annually to the member of the Sophomore class who shall have done the best 
work in English composition during the year ; and especial interest is added 
to this foundation in view of the fact that its acceptance by the trustees of the 
university was the first formal recognition ever made of the existence of fra- 
ternities at Pennsylvania. The prize was established in 1887. 

The Iota Chapter at Columbia University was instituted November 12, 
1855, but became inactive in 1870. It maintained its position for a period of 
nearly fifteen years as one of the strongest and best chapters of any of the 
fraternities at Columbia. 

The badge of the fraternity is a gold Maltese cross with a black or white 
enameled border, and having in the center a skull and crossed bones. In the 
upper arm is displayed a six-pointed star, and in the right, lower and left arms 
the Greek initial letters, " Phi Kappa Sigma." On the obverse of the badge 
is the date "1850" in Roman numerals, surrounded by a serpent. The 
colors of the fraternity are old gold and black. The flag, as adopted on 
February 8, 1898, is of black bunting, with the letters "Phi Kappa Sigma " in 
old gold extending horizontally along the center. An old gold skull and 
crossed bones occupy the union, with a border of the same color on all four 
edges of the flag. 

The bibliography of the fraternity is quite extensive, dating as far back 
as 1859, and comprehending for the most part orations and poems delivered 
either at conventions or convocations, and printed by order of the same. A 



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" Phi Kappa Sigma Galop," dedicated to the Gamma Chapter, was put forth 
in 1872, and a memorial to the founder was published by the Alpha Chapter in 
1879. The most important bibliography, however, consists of the various 
editions of the " Register " (catalogue), published respectively in 1859 (Alpha 
Chapter), 1860 (Epsilon Chapter), 1872 (general of all chapters), 1882 
(general) and 1894 (general). In February, 1891, the first number of the 
" Phi Kappa Sigma Quarterly " was issued in New York City, devoted to the 
interests of the fraternity, and since that time the journal has appeared con- 
tinuously with greater or less regularity. 

The fraternity has no honorary members. 

The alumni resident in New York and Philadelphia hold occasional 
meetings and banquets. In Chicago a very active alumni organization is now 
maintained. 

Among the more prominent alumni of Phi Kappa Sigma may be men- 
tioned John Hone, Dr. Morris J. Asch, William Jay, William McClure, 
secretary New York Stock Exchange ; Judge Stephen D. Stephens, Borough 
of Richmond ; Gen. Horatio C. King, Brooklyn ; William B. Boulton, Rev. 
John R. Paxton, Henry H. Kingston, Lehigh Valley Railroad ; John C. Sims, 
secretary Pennsylvania R. R. Co., Philadelphia; Andrew C. Bradley, Judge 
Supreme Court of District of Columbia ; Louis E. McComas, U. S. Senator 
from Maryland; Samuel D. McEnery, ex-Governor Louisiana; Rev. F. M. 
Bristol, Metropolitan Church, Washington, D. C; William A. Dyche, Mayor 
of Evanston, Chicago ; Geo. C. Crocker, Chairman of the Boston Subway 
Commission. 

In the brief space here allotted to the writer, it is impossible to give a 
detailed history of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity or even of Alpha Chapter. 
Indeed, the history of the former is so indissolubly connected with that of the 
latter, that up to within a comparatively recent period the history of the one 
is the history of the other. Up to a certain point, the careers of all the better 
fraternities are similar — a history of their foundation, of the accretion of new 
chapters, of the death of old ones, of increase or decrease in membership. As 
far as the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity is concerned, no variation from this 
form can be noted in the present sketch. Without boasting, however, there 
is one claim that the fraternity can make vnthout challenge, and that is, that 
it has never for one instant deviated from the path of honor, or connived at 
any act unworthy of an organization of gentlemen. Founded by the great 



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man who founded the Military Order of the Loyal Legion in this country, the 
Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity has ever striven to stand for what is best and 
truest in fraternity life ; and, while not at present, perhaps, capable of com- 
peting with some of her distinguished rivals in her roll of chapters or num.ber 
of members, she yields to none in her ideal of what a fraternity should be, or 
of what a fraternity can be made by the u^^.Ited efforts of true and honorable 

men. 

J. Hartley Merrick. 




JOSEPH K. MC CAMMON 
LOUIS E, MC COMAS ANDREW C. BRADLEY 




DAVID D. STONE 
WILLIAM BALCH TODD ERANK M. BRISTOL 





CHARLES H. ROESCH 



ELMER DREW MERRILL 



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PHI KAPPA SIGMA ROSTER 



Barley, Louis C, 127 South Royal, 
Alexandria, Va. 

Bradley, Andrew C. — Pi — Har- 
vard — '6j — Judge Supreme 
Court, District of Columbia, 
City Hall. 

Bristol, Frank M. — Upsilon — 
Northwestern University — '']y — 
Clergyman, Pastor Metropolitan 
M. E. Church— 330 C, N. W. 

Cook, Giles B., 3 Thomas Circle. 

Craig, Robert, Navy Department. 

Coles, Henry C. — Eta — University 
of Virginia — Secretary to Claude 
A. Swanson, House of Repre- 
sentatives. 

Eaton, La Fayette B. — Lambda — 
University of North Carolina — 
'82 — Clerk in Treasury Depart- 
ment, Life-Saving Service — 1313 
New York Ave. 

Fowler, Charles D., 437 7th, N. W. 

Hendrickson, George G. — Chi — 
Racine College — '75 — Lawyer, 
Treasury Department. 

Hood, William T.— Alpha— Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania — '53 — 
Medical Director, U. S. N. (re- 
tired) — 1702 19th, N. W. 

Hoy, James, Jr. — Beta — '58 — Pay- 
master U. S. N. (Retired) — 
1213 Connecticut Ave. 



AlcCammon, Joseph K. — Beta — • 
Princeton — '65 — Attorney-at- 
Law, 1420 F — 1324 19th. 

McComas, Louis E. — Epsilon — 
Dickinson College — '6C— 1 aw- 
yer, United States Sentaor fi.,m 
Maryland — Williamsport, Md. ; 
1723 Rhode Island Ave. 

Merrill, Elmer Drew — Alpha Del- 
ta — University of Maine — '98 — 
Assistant, Division of Agros- 
tology, Department of Agricul- 
ture— 1443 Q, N. W. 

Roesch, Charles H. — Alpha Epsi- 
lon — Armour Insti%ite of Tech- 
nology — '98 — Electrical Engi- 
neer, Clerk Treasury Depart- 
ment — 21 1 1 K. N. W. 

Sharpe, Benjamin C, 1707 Penn- 
sylvania Ave. N. W. 

Stone, David D. — Epsilon — Dick- 
inson College — '59 — Real Estate, 
804 F — 2021 Massachusetts Ave. 

Swanson, Claude A. — University 
of Virginia — Member of Con- 
gress from Virginia, House of 
Representatives. 

Todd, William Balch— Pi— Har- 
vard — '66 — Collector of Cus- 
toms. Custom House. 

Tucker, John S., 1830 H. N. W. 



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PHI SIGMA KAPPA ROSTER 



Barr, William Carlisle — Lambda 
— Columbian University — Third 
Year Dental — Dentist. 1013 L, 
N. W. 

Bell. Charles. 933 K, N. W. 

De Grain, E. R.. 643 G. S. E. 

Davis, W. T. — Lambda — Colum- 
bian University — 1901 — Stu- 
dent — \J. S. Senate — 1013 L, N. 
W. 

Gompertz, Jewell M., 1013 L, N. 

^^^ 

Graff. . 409 3d, N. W. 

Greene, Edwin Wakefield — Lamb- 
da — Columbian University — • 
1900 — Dentist, 1013 L, N. W. 

Griffith, W. E.. Library, Agricul- 
tural Department. 

Kemp, Thomas Junior — Lambda 
— Columbian — 1900 — Medicine, 
1013 L. N. W. 

Mason, Elijah L., Children's Hos- 
pital. 

Maxwell. Max C 17 Iowa Circle. 

Miller, J. S., 1749 P. N. W. 



Owen. Chas. Wesley, 10 13 L, N. 
W. 

Parks. George Preston. 1005 Slh. 

Parsells, Chas. W. — Columbian 
University — 1902 — Printer. 
Room 87, Navy Department — 
1013 L. N. W. 

Putnam. Clinton Atwood — Lamb- 
da — Columl)ian University — 
Junior — Dental Student — 3608 
13th. N. W. 

Regan. Charles Alexander. 1013 
L, N. W. 

Ryder, Louis Wadsworth. 1013 
L. N. W. 

Smith, John Lewis. %Wa hington 
Loan and Trust Bldg. 

Thrift, Hugh A., Clerk War De- 
partment— 702 19th. N. W. 

Tobias. Harry W.. 929 K. N. W. 

Turner. Kenneth Beymer — Lamb- 
da — Columbian University, 
Medical Department — Medical. 
T901 — Physician, Pacific Bldg. — 
1013 L, N. W. 

Wvman. Bavard. 1013 L. N. W. 



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PHI KAPPA PSL 

THE Phi Kappa Psi fraternity was founded at Jefferson College, Canons- 
burg, Pa., on February 19, 1852, by Charles P. T. Moore and William 
H. Letherman. 

Its earliest development was in Pennsylvania and the adjacent 
Southern States. The Civil War checked its progress ir*this direction, and 
for the next fifteen years its growth was principally in the middle west. 
About 1875 the fraternity commenced to seek a national existence, and this 
object it has conservatively but consistently pursued ever since, until to-day 
its chapters extend from the Mississippi Delta to the Great Lakes, and from 
the Golden Gate to the White Mountains. There are at present thirty-nine 
active chapters in the fraternity. Each chapter is named after the state in 
which it is established followed by the Greek letter which denotes its numeri- 
cal standing among the chapters previously established in the state. 

The fraternity's policy is a broad one. It acknowledges no arbitrary 
restrictions as to place, caste or degree. It seeks to establish chapters wher- 
ever there are institutions of learning founded upon permanent financial bases, 
equipped with competent faculties and attended by intelligent students. It 
recognizes no social, intellectual, athletic, territorial or financial distinction 
among its members, but endeavors to preserve its homogeneity by assimila- 
ting men from every quarter of the Union, every grade of society, and every 
degree of mental and physical prowess. It aims not only to develop organi- 
zations for mutual advantage among men in college, but to perpetuate the 
same among its alumni. 

The supreme legislative, executive and judicial functions of the fraternity 
&re vested in a grand arch council, which meets biennially on the first Wed- 



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nesday after Easter. The next grand arch council will be held at Columbus, 
O., in 1900. 

During the interval between successive grand arch councils the govern- 
ment of the fraternity is vested in an executive council, composed of four 
alumni and five undergraduates. The alumni members of the executive 
council constitute the executive officers of the fraternity. The present execu- 
tive officers are as follows: President, George W. Dun, Columbus, 0.; vice- 
p-esident, Walter S. Holden, Chicago : secretary, Orra E. Monnette, 
Bucyrus, O.: treasurer, George B. Baker, Boston. 

The fraternity is subdivided into five districts, composed of an approxi- 
mately equal number of chapters. Each district includes all the alumni 
associations situated in its territory. The districts are severally presided over 
by the five undergraduate members of the executive council, who are known 
as archons. 

The present archons are as follows: District I., G. Livingston Bayard, 
Lewisburg, Pa.: District II., Frank Eurich, Jr., Ithaca, N. Y.: District III., Don 
Preston Peters, Charlottesville, Va.; District IV., Jules U. Raymond, Chicago, 
111.: District V., George C. vShedd, Lincoln, Neb. 

Each district holds a district council biennially on the first Wednesday 
after Easter, alternating with the meetings of the grand arch council. 

The next district councils will be held in 1901, as follows: District I., at 
Philadelphia. Pa.: District II., at Springfield, Mass.; District III., at Farmville, 
Va.: District IV., at Ann Arbor, Mich.; District V., at Madison, Wis. 

The fraternity has a written constitution, which has been revised twice, 
once in 1885, and again in 1898. The principal purpose of these revisions has 
been to enlist and retain the interest of the alumni in the affairs of the 
fraternity. To accomplish this end provision was made for the organization 
of alumni associations wherever suitable opportunities were afforded. The 
success of this measure has greatly exceeded the hopes of its originators. 
There are at present twenty-two alumni associations, whose members keep 
closely in touch with the affairs of the fraternity. E'ach alumni association is 
named after the place where it was organized. 

The fraternity issues a bi-monthly publication known as The Shield. Its 
present editor is George B. Lockwood, of Marion, Ind. 

The fraternity also issues once every decade a catalogue, a history and a 



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song book. The present catalogue was edited in 1892 by George Snaart- 
editor of The Citizen, of Columbus, O. The present history is being editea 
by Prof. C. L. Van Cleve, of Troy, O. The present song book was edited in 
1895 by the Rev. Dr. Robert Lowry, of Plainfield, N. J. The badge of the 
fraternity is a shield of gold with two points at the top. Its face is enameled 
in black, and in the upper portion is an eye flanked on each side by a star. 
Across the center are the Greek letters Phi Kappa Psi, and beneath them is an 
antique lamp resting on a book. The border of the shield is set with jewels, 
each chapter prescribing the character and arrangement of the gems. 

The colors of the fraternity are pink and lavender. Its yell is " High ! 
High ! High! Phi Kappa Psi ! Live ever, Die never! Phi Kappa Psi ! " 

The total membership of the fraternity on December 15th, 1898, was 
7,967, of whom 914 were undergraduates, representing thirty-seven states and 
three foreign countries. Nine chapters own, and eleven chapters rent, chapter 
houses. Nineteen chapters rent chapter halls, two of which als% own building 
lots. The value of the real estate owned by the chapters is $90,400. The 
value of the personal property owned by them is $30,265. 

The active chapters are as follows : 

District I — Washington-Jefferson College, Allegheny College, Bucknell 
University, Gettysburg College, Dickinson College, Franklin and Marshal'. 
College, Lafayette College, University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College. 

District II — Dartmouth College, Amherst ■ College, Cornell University, 
Syracuse University, Columbia University, Colgate University, Brooklyn 
Poly^-echnic Institute. 

District III — Johns Hopkins University, University of Virginia. Wash- 
ing and Lee University, Hampden-Sidney College, University of West Virginia, 
University of Mississippi. 

District IV— Ohio Wesleyan University, Wittenburg College, University 
of Ohio, De Pauw University, University of Indiana, Wabash College, 
Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan. 

District V— University of Wisconsin, Beloit College, University of 
Minnesota, University of Iowa, University of Kansas, University of Nebraska, 
Leland Stanford, Jr. University, University of California. 

The following is a list of the alumni associations : 

Philadelphia, Meadville, New York. Louisville. Cleveland, Bucyrus, 



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Toledo, Chicago, Twin City, Minn., Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Pittsburg, 
Newark, 0.; Buffalo, Washington, Springfield, 0.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Ander- 
son, Ind.; Kansas City, Denver City, Multnomah, Ore.; Los Angeles. 

Henry Pegram. 




HENRY H BINGHAM 
W. C. ALEXANDER 



FREDERICK HOWARD WINES 
WILLIAM EDWIN PARSON 




JAMES L. SUDDARTH 
HOWARD LINCOLN HODGKINS 



THOMAS N. MC LAUGHLIN 
FRANK OSGOOD MC CLEARY 




L, C. F, HUGO 
ROBERT LEE PRESTON 



JAMES EDGAR SMITH 
GLENWOOD D. HAWKINS 




ARTHUR E. H. MIDDLETON 
W. SPENCER ARMSTRONG 



WILUAM N. COGAN 
GEORGE B. COREY 



2Sg 



PHI KAPPA PSI ROSTER 



Alexander, Louis R., 3121 P, N. 
W. 

Alexander, VV. C. — Penna Theta — 
Lafayette College — ''j:^, — Minis- 
ter— 3121 P, N. W. 

Allender, Charles Henry — D. C. 
Alpha — Columbian — '93 — Bank- 
er, 300 Pennsylvania Ave., S. E. 
—1457 Park, N. "vV. 

Apple, A. Thomas G., 1405 15th, 
N. W. 

Armstrong, W. Spencer — D. C. 
Alpha — Columbian University — 
'87; P. G., '88— Lawyer, 500 5th, 
N. W.— 1306 Ly decker Ave., Mt. 
Pleasant. 

Aukam, George Charles — D. C. 
Alpha — Columbian — '92 — Law- 
yer, Columbian Law Building — 
1735 20th, N. W. 

Beall, Clarence, 825 Vermont Ave. 
Beatty, L. K., 610 E. Capitol. 

Beck, William C, P. O. Depart- 
ment. 

Beck, W. H., 1424 New York Ave. 

Bingham, Henry H. — Alpha — Jef- 
ferson College — '62 — Member of 
Congress, 315 So. 12th, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Blackwood, John Howard — Penn- 
sylvania Gamma — Bucknell Uni- 
versity — '90 — Journalist, U. S. 
Census Office — 724 12th, N. W. 

Burchell, L. N., 1329 F. 

Burch, W. Thompson — D. C. 
Alpha — Columbian University — 
'94 — Physician — 1422 N, N, W. 



Bynum, Dixson H. — D. C. Alpha 
— Columbian University — Law, 
'98 — Interstate Commerce Com- 
mission — 1313 N, N. W. 

Casey, James F. — D. C. Alpha- 
Columbian University — '97 — 
Clerk, General Land Office — 
1725 G, N. W. 

Chamberlain, J. B., 516 nth. N. 
W. 

Church, S. R., 925 F. 

Clabaugh, Harry M. — Pennsyl- 
vania Epsilon — Pennsylvania 
College — ^'j'j — Justice Supreme 
Court, D. 0.-1523^ Rhode Isl- 
and Ave. 

Clark, L., 1335 G, N. W. 

Cleary, Edward M., 523 9th, N. 
W. 

Cogan, Wm. N.— D. C. Alpha- 
Columbian University — '93 — 
Dentist, 1754 M, N. W. 

Corey, Geo. B.— D. C. Alpha- 
Columbian University — '87 — 
Physician, 938 K, N. W.— 1803 
9th, N. W. 

Cralle, J. B., 108 C, N. W. 

Custis, J. B. G.. 912 15th, N. W. 

Davis, H. E., 900 F, N. W. 

Davis, W. W.. War Dept. 

Davison. J. S., 1334 E- 

Deale, Henry B., 1224 14th, N. W. 

DeKnight, Clarence W.— D. C. 
Alpha — Columbian University— 
'90 — Lawyer, 1416 F. — The 
Shoreham. 



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PHI KAPPA PSI— Continued 



Dixon, Henry Marshall — D. C. 
Alpha — Columbian University — 
'95 — Physician, 2149 Pennsyl- 
vania Ave. 

Earnest, John Paul — Pennsylvania 
Epsilon — Gettysburg College — 
'86— Lawyer, 321 4^, N. W.— 
2123 N, N. W. 

Ecker, John Beard— D. C. Alpha 
— Columbian University — 1901 — 

■ Real Estate, 610 14th, N. W.— 
1219 i6th, N. W. 

Falck, Joseph G. — D. C. Alpha — 
Columbian University — '84 — 
Secretary Board of School Trus- 
tees, Franklin School — 305 12th, 
S. W. 

Fales, Warren Dexter — D. C. Al- 
pha — Columbian University — '95 
— Physician, 915 L. 

Fishburn, M. Ross, 1454 Kenesaw 
Ave. 

Foraker, J. B., 1500 i6th. 

Frankland, W. Ashby— D. C. Al- 
pha — Columbian University — '96 
—Physician, 916 8th, N. W. 

Friedrich, Leon L. — D. C. Alpha 
— Columbian University — '81 — 
Physician, 329 East Capitol. 

Gallinger, W. H.— D. C. Alpha- 
Columbian University — '98 — 
Student — Hotel Dewey ; Con- 
cord, N. H. 

Grier, W. W., 1223 K, N. W. 

Harris, Chas. Gantt— D. C. Alpha 
— Columbian University — Law, 
'98 — Electrician, Electric De- 



partment, D. C. — 1917 Kaloramj 
Ave., N. W. 

Hawkms, Glenwood D. — Pennsyl- 
vania Beta — Allegheny College 
— '99 — Draughtsman, War Dept. 
—I Grant PI. 

Hay, Edwin B. — Alpha — Colum- 
bian University — '^z — Attorne] 
at Law — 1425 New York Ave.— 
15 12 Corcoran. 

Hensey, Melville Dupignac — D. C 
Alpha — Columbian University— 
— '92 — Real Estate Broker, I30( 
F, N. W.— 406 M, N. W. 

Hodge, Frederick Webb — D, ( 
Alpha — Columbian University- 
'89 — Ethnologist, Bureau of 
American Ethnology, Smithson- 
ian Institution — Garrett Park, 
Maryland. 

Hodgkins, Howard Lincoln — D. C. 
Alpha — Columbian University — 
'83 — Professor of Mathematics 
and Dean of the Corcoran Sci- 
entific School, Columbian Uni- 
versity — 1830 T. 

LIudson, Charles Bradford — D. C. 
Alpha — Columbian University — 
'87 — Journalist, 10 Qth, S. E. 

Hugo, L. C. F. — Missouri Alpha- 
University of Missouri — Ex., 'TZ 
—Dentist, 808 17th, N. W.— 3601 
Newark. 

Hughes, Percy M.— Maryland Al- 
pha — Johns Hopkins University 
—'85— Principal Central High 
School— 318 B, S. E. 




JOHN PAUL EARNEST W. ASHBY FRANKLAND 

CLARENCE W. DE KNIGHT 
J. CLARENCE PRICE WILLIAM A. MEARNS 




PHILIP W. HUNTINGTON 
RALPH WORMELLE 



W-. THOMPSON BURCH 
CHARLES HENRY ALLENDER 




WARREN DEXTER FALES 
HENRY MARSHALL DIXON 



JAMES R. TUBMAN 
HANSON T. A. LEMON 




MELVILLE DUPIGNAC HENSEY 
FREDERICK WEBB HODGE 



GEORGE CHARLES AUKAM 
EDWARD G. NILES 




BAEN STREET 
W. W. MATTHEWS 



JAMES F. CASEY 
CHARLES H. JAMES 




JOHN SHERMAN, JR. 
BISHOP C. PERKINS 



JOHN BEARD ECKER 
DIXSON H. BYNUM 



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PHI KAPPA PSI— Continued 



Huntington, Philip W.— D. C. Al- 
pha — Columbian University — '98 
— Physician, War Department — 
1839 Corcoran, N. W. 

James, Jr., Chas. H. — D. C. Alpha 
— Columbian University — '97 — 
Physician, 918 14th, N. W. 

Jones, J. E., "Evening Star." 

Jones, Thomas R. — Pennsylvania 
Gamma — Bucknell University — 
'62 — President The National 
Safe Deposit Savings & Trust 
Company of the District of Co- 
lumbia — 1216 Connecticut Ave. 

Le Merle, Eugene L. — D. C. Alpha 
— Columbian University — '97 — 
Physician, 1507 8th, N. W. 

Lemon, Hanson T. A. — D. C. Al- 
pha — Columbian University — '96 
— Physician, 629 G, S. W. 

McCartney, H. C, 3123 Dunbarton 
Ave. 

McCleary, Frank Osgood — D. C. 
Alpha — Columbian University — 
'79 — Lawyer, Atlantic Building 
— 616 Massachusetts Ave. 

McLaughlin, Thomas A. — D. C. 
Alpha — Columbian University — 
'82— Physician, 1226 N, N. W. 

Marvin, Charles F.— Ohio Delta- 
Ohio State University — '83 — 
Professor Meteorology, U. S. 
Weather Bureau — 1404 Benney. 

Matthews, W. W.— D. C. Alpha- 
Columbian University— '97— 
Government Clerk, Treasury 
Dept. — 1751 Corcoran, N. W. 



Mcarns, William A.— D. C. Alpha 
— Columbian University — '91 — 
Banker, 1315 F — 1801 Cali- 
fornia Ave., N. W. 

Middleton. Arthur E. H.— D. C. 
Alpha — Columbian University — 
'93— Lawyer, 515 nth, N. W. — 
1333 15th, N. W. 

Milburn, Charles C, 1122 13th, N. 
W. 

Mitchell, William, 36 B, N. E. 

Norris, J. L., F, cor. 5th. 

Niles, Edward G.-D. C. Alpha 
— Columbian University — '92, 
LL. B. ; Maryland Agricultural 
College. '90, B. S^Lawyer, 472 
Louisiana Ave., N. W.— 138 
Massachusetts Ave., N. E. 

Owens, Dunlap, Georgetown Med- 
ical Schools. 

Pardoe, Chas. S.—Zeta— Dickin- 
son College— '85— Electrical En- 
gineer, 619 14th, N. W.— Brad- 
dock Heights, Va. 

Parson, William Edwin— Epsilon 
—Pennsylvania College— '66— 
Clergyman, 309 New Jersey 
Ave., S. E. 

Perkins, Bishop C— D. C. Alpha 
—Columbian University— Law, 
'c)Q_Wholesale Grocer— 181 5 
i6th, N. W. 

Power, F. D., i357 Wallach PI. 

Prentiss, W. C, 17^0 Oregon xAve. 

Preston, Robert Lee— Gamma and 
Alpha— Hampden- Sidney Col- 
lege, '83 : University of Virginia 
'84— Teacher. 13 10 i8th, N. W. 
— 1823 Jefferson PI. 



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PHI KAPPA PSI— Continued 



Price, J. Clarence — D. C. Alpha — 
Columbian University — '92, LL. 
B. ; '93, LL. M.— Receiving Tel 
ler, Central National Bank — 412 
B, N. E. 

Pyle, F., 1003 F. 

Reed, H. W., Kellogg Building. 

Richardson, C. W., 1102 L, N. W. 

Richardson, Mason N.— D. C. Al- 
pha — Columbian University — '83 
— Lawyer, Fendall Building — 
1846 Wyoming Ave. 

Sherman, Jr., John — D. C. Alpha 
— Columbian University — '01 — 
2917 N. Broad, Philadelphia, 
Pa.— Cleveland Park, D. C. 

Sherman, Raleigh, 514 nth, N. W. 

Spalding, Edwin W. — D. C. Alpha 
— Columbian University — '86 — 
Lawyer, 618 F, N. W. — 1617 
2 1 St, N. W. 

Spalding, James H.— D. C. Alpha 
— 1313 Yale. 

Smith, H., 649 B. 

Smith, James Edgar — Virginia 
Gamma — Hampden-Sidney Col- 
lege— '83— Lawyer, 408 5th, N. 
W. — 1246 Kenesaw Ave. 

Smith, J. W., 1013 15th. 

Smith, P. C, 7 Grant PL 

Smith, Percy G., 2002 14th. 

Smith, P. W., 830 7th, N. E. 

Stephens, Francis H., Fendall 
Building. 

Stocks, F. A., 119 Maryland Ave. 



Street, Baen — D. C. Alpha — Co- 
lumbian University — '97 — Phy- 
sician. 

Sturtevant, Charles Lyon — D. C. 
Alpha — Columbian University — 
'85 — Patent Lawyer, 930 F — 1833 
Oregon Ave. 

Suddarth, James L. — D. C. Alpha 
— Columbian University — '68 — • 
Physician, 817 North Capitol — 
420 H, N. W. 

Sutliff, Milo H., 1726 32d, N. W. 

Thompson, Ernest G., 1129 9th, 
N. W. 

Tubman, James R. — D. C. Alpha — ^ 
Columbian University — '95 — 
Physician, 1222 nth, N. W. 

White, Charles Abiathar, 330 T, 
N. W. 

Wilkinson, Geo. L., 123 1 Harvard. 

Williams, J. E., 1204 Massachu- 
setts Ave. 

Wilson, L. B., 316 B, S. E. 

Wilson, L. D., 316 B, S. E. 

Wines, Frederick Howard — Penn- 
sylvania Delta — Washington 
College — '57 — Assistant Director 
of Census, Census Office — 1446 
Staughton. 

Woodward, William R., 431 6th, 
N. W. 

Wormelle, Ralph— D. C. Alpha- 
Columbian University — '94 — 
Patent Attorney, 925 F, N. W. — 
207 Elm. 



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CHI PHL 

THE Chi Phi Fraternity, as it now exists, was formed by the union of 
three distinct orders bearing that name. Each was founded separately 
and without knowledge at ths time of either of the others. Each was origi- 
nally established with a different purpose from the others, and upon a different 
basis of organization. 

In the year 1854, there was found among the documents in the office of 
the president of Princeton College the constitution of a society bearing the 
date " 1824," and having as the initial letters o' its motto the Greek letters 
Chi Phi, The students who made the discovery resolved to revive the old 
society, and in December, 1854, the Princeton chapter of the brotherhood was 
founded. By persevering effort two additional chapters at other colleges were 
established, notable among which was the chapter at Franklin and Marshall 
College. The parent chapter within a short time succumbed |p the repeated 
■ attacks of the Princeton authorities, who have uniformly opposed the Greek 
letter idea. 

Meanwhile, a society had been founded at Hobart College by twelve men, 
known as the " twelve apostles " of the fraternity, who bound themselves in a 
brotherhood of ideal principles and adopted an emblem similar to the one now 
worn by members of the Chi Phi Fraternity. 

The Hobart nucleus soon became expanded into a strong entity. Chap- 
ters were formed at three other colleges, Rutgers being among them. Until 
1865, these two orders knew nothing of each other's existence. That year, 
however, members of the two organizations happened to meet, and a friendli- 
ness was at once established which finally grew into a union. Then began a 
period of great activity. Several new chapters were organized, and the publi- 
cation of the Chi Phi Chackett, one of the pioneers of Greek letter society 
journalism, was undertaken. 

While the fraternity idea was thus spreading among colleges in the North, 
there was a corresponding movement in the South. In 1858-59 there were 
established ten Greek letter societies at the University of North Carolina. 
Among these was a club known as Chi Phi, which during a period of two 
years founded five new chapters. Ths Civil War was a terrible setback to 
all progress in the southern Greek letter world, and all the southern chapters 
except the mother organization died. The active membership of th3 North 
Carolina chapter was greatly reduced by the call to arms. After the close of 



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the war the surviving members pluckily went to wori^c, recovered the constitu- 
tion and charter, which had been buried at the time of Sherman's march to 
the sea, and rehabiUtated the organization. Success was immediate, and 
strong chapters grew up quicl^Iy. 

Shortly after the war the -northern and southern orders were mutually 
astonished to learn of each other's existence. Consolidation^was immediately 
projected. Owing to the sectional differences so strongly felt for a time after 
the war, the scheme was not consummated for several years. After pro- 
tracted correspondence, however, in March, 1874, a committee composed of 
three members from the combined northern organization and three from the 
southern fraternity met at Washington, and adopted a constitution and by-laws 
for the united order, and set a date for the first convention, which was held in 
Washington, July 23, 1874. 

A period of prosperity and success followed, and many applications for 
charters to form new chapters were received. A conservative policy was 
adhered to in this matter, and several strong chapters were organized in lead- 
ing colleges. 

In 1885, the chapter at Amherst College dedicated its chapter house, the 
first owned by any chapter of the fraternity. Since that time nearly all the 
others have followed the example of Amherst, notable among them being 
Cornell and Yale, the latter chapter possessing the finest fraternity house in 
New Haven and one of the most magnificent structures erected solely for 
fraternity purposes, in the country. 

^ In 1896, the fraternity was re-organized, A new constitution was adopted 
and the publication of Chackett as an open magazine was discontinued. 
The ^fraternity now publishes a "yearbook," designed for open circulation. 
Annual conventions of the fraternity are held in New York City, except in 
leap years, when the meeting is held elsewhere. The fraternity has some 
thirty-five hundred initiates upon its rolls. Among those whose names have 
been prominently before the public recently, may be mentioned the late Henry 
W. Grady, Chief-Justice W. L. Chambers, of Samoa, and Hon. Walter B. Hnl, 
chancellor of the University of Georgia. 

The fraternity has nineteen chapters at present, established at the follow- 
ing institutions : University of Virginia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
Emory College, Rutgers College, Hampden-Sidney College, Franklin and 
Marshall College, University of Georgia, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute^ 
Ohio State University, University of California, Stevens Institute of Tech- 
nology, University of Texas, Comell University, Yale University, Vanderbilt 
University, Lafayette College, Wofford College, Amherst College, Lehigh 
University. 

Ivy Ledbetter Lee. 




BARRY BULKLEY 
BAXTER MORTON 



ANDREW B, GRAHAM 
CLIFTON MAYFIELD 



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CHI PHI ROSTER 



Bulkley, Barry — Phi — Amherst — 
'87 — Secretary Business Men's 
Association, 1345 Pennsylvania 
Ave. — The Normandie, or Cos- 
mos Club. 

Du Bose, Geo. P., 2903 Q. 

Farnham, W. L., 1103 M, N. W. 

Forney, Edward O — Franklin and 
Marshall — '66 — Lawyer, Patent 
Office— 514 E, N. W. 

Fox, William H., 1826 Jefferson 
PI. 

Gilmer, Thomas W., 545 Florida 
Ave., N. W. 

Graham, Andrew B. — Omega — 
Dickinson — '76 — Lithographer, 
1230 Pennsylvania Ave. — 1407 
T6th, N. W. 

Herrick, Thilman, 715 14th, N. W. 

Leech, D. Olin, 631 Maryland 
Ave., N. E. 

Leech, Frank, 1715 14th, N. W. 

Mayfield, Clifton — Rho — Lafayette 
College — '']'] — Physician, 1335 
30th, N. W. 



Morris, Edward L., 1252 31st, N. 
W. 

Morton, Baxter — Epsilon — Hamp- 
den-Sidney College — '93 — Ex- 
aminer U. S. Patent Office, 
Room 263, Patent Office— 808 
i2th. 

Sanford, James C, The Bancroft. 
Seckendorf, Theodore Waldemar, 

2018 Hillyer PI. 
Shaw, A. P., Patent Office. 
Snyder, Arthur Augustine, 3051 

N, N. W. 

Storms, M. C, 810 F, N. W. 
Stribling, Robert 0.^503 D, N. W. 

Terry, William L., House of Rep- 
resentatives. 

Thomas, John D., 1603 19th. 

Thompson, George H., 1252 Penn- 
sylvania Ave. 

Thompson, Richard C, 144 B, N. 
E. 

Wells, Lewis S., 131 1 N. 



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SIGMA CHI 

THE first chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity was established at Miami 
University, Oxford, O., June 20, 1855. At that time Ohio was one of 
the far western states, but Sigma Chi has not only kept pace^with the rapid 
development of the West, but has stretched out eastward and southward until 
to-day it is pre-eminently a national brotherhood. A glance at the list of 
chapters shows the result of this extension, which has been judicious in the 
extreme and yet aggressive. 

The foundsrs of Sigma Chi were Isaac Jordan, Ben. P. Runkle, Frank H. 
Scobey, Daniel W. Cooper, Tnomas C. Bell, James P. Caldwell and William 
L. Lockwood. The first six withdrew from the Delta Kapp Epsilon Fraternity. 
The " Deke " chapter at Miami at that time contained twelve members, six of 
whom wanted matters in the chapter one way, and six wanted matters another 
way and so a deadlock ensued. After several stormy sessions, brought on by 
some question in college politics, the chapter became irretrievably divided, 
and the six named above having added to their number the last named, 
formed the new fraternity. 

It took courage to found a new fraternity at Miami at that time. Already 
there were eighteen rivals in the field, but the founders began their work with 
that enthusiasm which carries success with it. The rivalry between the 
fraternities was very great. Congeniality, personal independence and genuine 
friendship comprised the platform of the new brotherhood, which was estab- 
lished upon no narrow ideal of manhood, but upon the principle that true 
strength lies in a well rounded and symmetrical development of individual 
character. The chapter succesded and immediately planned for extension, 
the second chapter being also established in 1355. 



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The new fraternity was first called Sigma Phi. In 1856 the constitution 
and archives of the new chapter were stolen. Much to the disappointnaent of 
the perpetrators, this depredation was taken very philosophically by the frater- 
nity. The old constitution had been adopted under stress of circumstances; 
and a new instrument was needed. A convention was called, a new constitu-] 
tion adopted, and the name changed. 

The affairs of the fraternity at large were administered by the oldes 
chapter until 1882, when a grand council of graduate members was made the 
executive head of the fraternity, with headquarters at Chicago. 

Like all the fraternities, Sigma Chi suffered severely during the war, buf 
it has the unique distinction of being the only fraternity which had a chapter 
at the front. In 1864 the celebrated Constantine chapter was organized by 
southern members in a brigade of the Confederate army for the purpose of 
perpetuating Sigma Chi in the South. The meetings were held in camp and 
all the members were soldiers. 

The fraternity has published three catalogues, the first in 1872, and 
larger one in 1876. The third was issued in 1890. It is a large book of over 
700 pages, beautifully illustrated, and containing the best features of modern 
catalogues. Another catalogue is to be issued in 1900, data for it being 
already in process of collection. A song book was published by the Beta 
chapter in 1884, and a much larger book, carefully compiled, was issued in 
1898. It compares most favorably with any fraternity song book yet pub- 
lished. The journal of the fraternity is the Sigma Chi Quarterly. It is pub- 
lished in Chicago and the members believe that it ranks high among fraternity 
magazines. Sigma Chi has also a secret journal called The Bulletin, which 
sealed, is mailed to members. It is of great service in facilitating business, as 
by it the members are kept in touch with all the internal affairs of the brother- 
hood. 

The badge of the fraternity is a cross of gold and white enamel. In the 
center is a circular plate of black enamel, having the letters Sigma Chi in 
gold. The arms are of white enamel and on them in gold are the following 
symbols : On the upper arm are two crossed keys, on the right arm a scroll, 
on the left an eagle's head and on the lower arm seven stars and above them 
a pair of clasped hands. A chain connects both the right and left arms with 
the upper arm. 

The coat of arms is a Norman shield of blue, bearing a white Sigma Chi 
cross, the shield being surmounted by a roll in white and blue, with the crest 



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of an eagle's head holding a key of gold. The public motto of the fraternity 
" In Hoc Signo Vinces" is placed beneath the shield on a scroll or ribbon. 

The flag consists of a blue rectangle bearing the letters Signna Chi and a 
white Sigma Chi cross. This is supplemented by a streamer of gold, placed 
above the flag. 

The colors of the fraternity are blue and gold. 

The flower is the white rose. 

Sigma Chi has active chapters at Albion College, Beloit College, Buck- 
nell University, Butler University, Centre College, Columbia University, 
Columbian University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Denison Uni- 
versity, De Pauw University, Dickinson College, Hampden-Sidney College, 
Hanover College, Hobart College, Illinois Wesleyan University, Indiana 
University, Kentucky State College, Lehigh University, Leland Stanford, Jr. 
University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Miami University, North- 
western University, Ohio State University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Penn- 
sylvania College, Pennsylvania State College, Purdue Univer^y, Randolph- 
Macon College, Roanoke College, Tulane University, University of California, 
University of Chicago, University of Cincinnati, University of Illinois, Uni- 
versity of Kansas, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University 
of Mississippi, University of Nebraska, University of North Carolina, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of State 
of Missouri, University of Texas, University of Virginia, University of Wis- 
consin, University of Wooster, Vanderbilt University, Washington and Lee 
University, West Virginia University. 

There are alumni chapters or associations of Sigma Chi at New York, 
Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Kansas City. 
Milwaukee, Louisville, Nashville, Columbus, Los Angeles, New Orleans. 

Francis E. Brewer. 




ROBERT FARNHAM 
W. H. SINGLETON 



SAMUEL H. WALKER 
J. HOLDSWORTH GORDON 




EDWIN H. FOWLER GEORGE N. ACKER 

GEORGE D. MEIKLEJOHN 
L. A. BAUER THEODORE H. N. MC PHERSON 



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SIGMA CHI ROSTER 



Acker, George N. — Theta — Penn- 
sylvania College — '72 — Physi- 
cian — 913 i6th, N. W. 

Acker, Wm. J., 704 14th, N. W. 

Ashford, Snowden, 918 17th, N. 
W. 

Babcock, Wm. H., 709 G, N. W. 

Bauer, L. A. — Zeta Psi — Universi- 
ty of Cincinnati — '88 — Chief of 
Division of Terrestrial Magnet- 
ism, U. S. Coast and Geodetic 
Survey — 1925 I, N. W. 

Beale, Buchanan, 1820 Kalorama 
Ave, N. W. 

Biscoe, Frank Lee — Epsilon — Co- 
lumbian University — '97 — Physi- 
cian — 813 2 1st, N. W. 

Bradley, Andrew Y., 2013 Q, N. 
W. 

Charles, Lewis N., 722 4th, N. W. 

Clarke, Mortimer, City Post 
Office. 

Clarck, R. P., 1424 nth, N. W. 

Coburn, Henry C, 21 11 G, N. W. 

Curry, Wm. N., 1510 9th, N. W. 

Denney, F., Marine Barracks. 

Dixon, Taylor B., 1336 19th, N. W. 

Dufour, Joseph M., 135 1 Wallach 
PI., N. W. 

Duvall, Andrew B. — Epsilon — Co- 
lumbian University — 'd'] — Law- 
yer, 472 Louisiana Ave. — 183 1 
M, N. W. 

Duvall, James W., 329 C, N. W. 

Earle, Charles T., Navy Depart- 
ment. 

Evans, Walter H., 301 T, N. W. 



Everett, Frank N., 1614 Riggs PI.. 
N. W. 

Farnham, Robert — Epsilon — Co- 
lumbian University — '64 — Physi- 
cian, 1 103 M, N. W. 

Farnham, Robert, Jr., 1103 M, N. 
W. 

Farnham, W. Lowry — Epsilon — 
Columbian University — '99 — 
Real Estate, 1335 F, N. W.— 
1 103 M, N. W. 

Faust, Ambrose J., 121 2d, N. W. 

Fisher, Howard, 1758 S, N. W. 

Fowler, Edwin H. — Eta Eta — 
Dartmouth Uni^%rsity — '78 — 
Topographical Draftsman and 
Architect, U. S. Coast and Geo- 
detic Survey — 1126 East Capitol. 

Fox, Edmund K., 920 F. 

Goode, Richard U., U. S. Geologi- 
cal Survey. 

Gibson, Frank M., 1335 R, N. W. 

Godsey, H. L., Treasury Depart- 
ment. 

Gordon, J. Holdsworth — Epsilon — 
Columbian Universit}^ — '66 — 
Lawyer, 330 4H, N. W.— 3028 
Q, N. W. 

Gorman, Geo. H., The Colonial. 

Graves, Louis H., 21 13 K. 

Harkness, Robt. H., 1409 T, N. W. 

Hay, Perry, 612 T, N. W. 

Hume, Thomas L.— Psi— Univer- 
sity of Virginia — Grocery Busi- 
ness, 1204 32nd — Wesley 
Heights. 

Johnson, E. D., Georgetown. 



3i6 
SIGMA CHI— Continued 



Lee, R. E., Jr. — Zeta — Washington 
and Lee — '92 — Lawyer, 330 4^, 
N. W. — Ravensworth, Va. 

Lighten, William H., 2020 H, N. 
W. 

Lipscomb, Andrew A., 501 D, N. 
W. 

Limt, A. D., Patent Office. 

Lynch, J. Mortimer, 1017 K, N. W. 

McElhone, Arthur J. — Epsilon — 
Columbian University — Law, 
1902 — Private Sec'y Surg. Gen. 
Wyman, Marine Hospital Serv- 
ice — mo M. 

Machall, Louis, Jr., 3040 Dumbar- 
ton Ave. 

Mackall, Bruce, Georgetown. 

McMillan, Millet E., 1304 Rhode 
Island Ave. 

McPherson, Theodore H. N.— Iota 
— Jefferson College — '59 — Law- 
yer, 32 Corcoran Bldg. — 1435 L, 
N. W. 

McPherson, William L., 1708 H, 
N. W. 

McReynolds, Frederick W. — Delta 
Chi — Wabash College — '92 — 
Lawyer, Fendall Bldg. — 1437 
Stoughton. 

May, John W., Alexandria, Va. 

Meiklejohn, George D. — Theta 
Theta — University of Michigan 
'80 — Assistant Secretary of 
War, War Department — The 
Raleigh. 

Michler, A. Kirtland, The Graf- 
ton. 

Moore, Cecil H., 1404 M, N. W. 

Munson, Reginald, 3101 P, N. W. 



Nesbit, Donald — Epsilon — Colum- 
bian University — '99 — Treasury 
Department — Warrenton, V». 

Nesbit, Harrison — Alpha Theta — 
Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology — Deputy Collector of In- 
ternal Revenue, 707 G, N. W. — 
1919 17th. 

Noyes, Theodore W., 1730 New 
Hampshire Ave. 

Parker, C. Le Roy — Epsilon — Co- 
lumbian — '95 — Chemist, Patent 
Office, Division of Chemistry — 
137 Carroll PI. 

Parker, J. B., 1139 New Hamp- 
shire Ave. 

Parkinson, Lee Allen, 147 A, N. E. 

Peters, Norman W., 1725 Q, N. 
W. 

Radcliffe, Wallace, 1200 R. 

Randall, H. E., Coast Survey. 

Rausdell, Daniel M., U. S. Senate. 

Ray, Chas. M., 1200 i8th. 

Ray, Clary, 1200 i8th. 

Riggles, J. Lewis, 445 O, N. W. 

Samson, George C, 2423 Pennsyl- 
vania Ave., N. W. 

Singleton, W. H. — Epsilon — Co- 
lumbian University — Law3''er 
(Patents), Le Droit Bldg. — 2020 
H. 

Swem, E. H., 738 4th, S. E. 

Thomas, John D., 1603 19th, N. 
W. 

Thompson, Howard N., Post Bldg. 

Tompkins, Edmund L. — Psi — 
University of Virginia — '85 — 
Physician, 1512 Q. 




R. E. LEE, JR. 
THOMAS L. HUME 



EDMUND L. TOMPKINS 
HARRISON NESBIT 




WILLIAM K. WARD 
FRANK LEE BISCOE 



C. LE ROY PARKER 



W. LOWRY FARNHAM 



ARTHUR J. MC ELHONE 



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Thompson, Marvin, 921 F, N. W. 

Trinkle, Lee, Stewart Bldg. 

Trussell, B. H., 503 B, S. E. 

Unger, Calvin R. — Theta — Gettys- 
burg — '93 — Clerk, Collector's 
Office — Smithsburg, Md. — 1801 
Q, N. W. 

Walker, Samuel H. — Epsilon — 
Columbian University — '64 — 



Real Estate, 458 Louisiana Ave. 
—420 B, N. E. 

Watkins, John E., 1626 S, N. W. 

Ward, William K.— Epsilon— Co- 
lumbian University — '94 — Physi- 
cian, 1756 Pennsylvania Ave, N. 
W. 

Watson, David K., The Hamilton. 

White, Benj., 812 13th. 



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SIGMA ALPHA EPSILCN 

THE Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity was founded at the University of 
Alabama in 1856 by Noble Leslie De Votie. It came into existence at 
a most unfortunate period. Established shortly before the Civil War, and in 
the South, it was destined to meet with disheartening obstacles. For some 
six years after the outbreak of the war there was practically no living chapter 
among the dozen or more that had sprung up from Alabama Mu, the mother 
chapter. In fact, it was commonly supposed that Sigma Alpha Epsilon had 
been completely killed. After the war was over the South bega% her new life, 
and among other institutions Sigma Alpha Epsilon revived. But like the 
South, the fraternity was long in regaining strength and prestige. By 1875, 
however, it had once more become a strong southern fraternity. 

Up to the year 1883 Sigma Alpha Epsilon was entirely a southern frater- 
nity, with southern ideals and abhorrence of anything that savored of the 
North. More than one order, powerful in other sections of the country, had 
made overtures proposing amalgamation, but such proposals were met always 
with a negative answer. 

In spite of this general feeling a few progressive and far-seeing members 
began to discuss northern extension without reference to absorption or amal- 
gamation. It is needless to repeat that the idea was at first most strenuosly 
opposed. At that time the issue of extension or anti-extension was to Sigma 
Alpha Epsilon what the issue of expansion or anti-expansion is to-day to our 
nation. The more the proposition for northern extension was decried, the 
more zealous became its advocates, until finally they achieved a signal victory, 
and in 1883 a charter was granted to a local organization at Gettysburg 
College, Pa. Pennsylvania Delta, as this chapter was called, fell a martyr to 
this cause of northern extension. In a very short time the chapter was dis- 
banded. But the victory had been won, and extension into the North pro- 
gressed. To-day Sigma Alpha Epsilon is as strong in northern colleges as in 
southern colleges, and even Pennsylvania Delta has taken on new life and is 



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a strong and vigorous chapter. After much labor, and not a few errors, 
Sigma Alpha Epsilon can now point to chapters throughout the length and 
breadth of the country. It is neither northern nor southern, but is a national 
fraternity. 

That extension was a complete success is shown by a comparison of th 
eleven leading college fraternities of to-day in point of numbers, with the 
membership and ranking in 1883 (before Sigma Alpha Epsilon came north) 
and 1898. Such comparison will show that Sigma Alpha Epsilon gained during 
that fifteen years 365 :percentuTn, -and rose from twentieth to eleventh position 
among the college fraternities. 

Sigma Alpha Epsilon now meets in biennial convention. The next meet- 
ing will be at Boston, in the winter of 1900. At each convention a governing 
body, known as the supreme council, is elected. This body represents the' 
national organization in all matters, and has its powers and duties sharply de. 
fined in the new constitution and code of laws adopted at Washington in 1894. 

The next catalogue is now in course of preparation, and will be published, 
late in the year 1900. "^l 

In a financial way the fraternity is most properous. Owing to the faithfiil 
payment of dues 'by all the chapters, and to a conservative management of 
the funds thus procured, the fraternity is enabled to add annually several hun- 
dred dollars to its considerable surplus. The members of the supreme council 
are salaried officials, and are allowed liberal sums for clerk hire. In this way 
the business of the fraternity is ccnducted with the precision of a business 
corporation. It is doubtful if any fraternity can surpass Sigma Alpha Epsilon 
n this feature. 

The Record, the quarterly magazine of the fraternity, has been published 
without interruption for twenty consecutive years. Through liberal financial 
support and an active, sympathetic interest on the part of the members, it has 
been enabled to grow from a very small and obscure publication to its present 
substantial size, and to assume a position on a level with the journals of other 
fraternities. 

In the year 1892 Sigma Alpha Epsilon established a quarterly secret pub- 
lication under the name of The Hustler, the title becoming subsequently 
Phi Alpha. This has proved a valuable medium for the dissemination of all 
kinds of information, and as an official organ has found a place in the settled 
policy of the fraternity as certain and well defined as that of The Record. 



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The fraternity's national flower is the violet, which contains the symbolic 
colors of purple and old gold. The fraternity does not possess a permanent 
song book. Every initiate is presented with the official badge of the fraternity 
at the time of his initation. 

The list of chapters of Sigma Alpha Epsilon is as follows : Boston Uni- 
versity, 1892; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1892; Harvard Uni- 
versity, 1893 ; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1894 ; Cornell University, 
1891 ; Columbia University, 1895; St. Stephen's College, 1895; Allegheny 
College, 1887 ; Dickinson College, 1890 ; Pennsylvania State College, 1892 ; 
Bucknell University, 1893 ; Gettysburg College, 1883; University of Virginia, 
1858 ; Washington and Lee University, 1867 ; University of North Carolina, 
1857 ; Davidson College, 1883 ; Wofford College, 1885 : University of 
Georgia, 1866 ; Mercer University, 1870 ; Emory College, 1881 ; Georgia 
School of Technology, 1890 ; University of Michigan, 1889 ; Adrian College, 
1887 ; Mt. Union College, 1885; Ohio Wesleyan University, 1888 ; University 
of Cincinnati, 1889; Ohio State University, 1892; Franklin College, 1892; 
Purdue University, 1893 ; Northwestern University, 1894 ; Univ%rsity of Illi- 
nois, 1899 ; Central University, 1882 ; Bethel College, 1858 ; Southwestern 
Presbyterian University, 1882 ; Cumberland University, 1860 ; Vanderbilt 
University, 1857 ; University of the South, 1881 ; University of Tennessee, 
1879 ; Southwestern Baptist University, 1867 ; University of Alabama, 1856; 
Southern University, 1878 ; Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College, 
1878; University of Missouri, 1884 ; Washington University, 1892 ; University 
of Nebraska, 1893 ; University of Arkansas, 1894 ; University of Colorado, 
1891 ; Denver University, 1891; Leland Stanford, Jr., University, 1892; Uni- 
versity of California, 1894 ; Louisiana State University, 1867 ; Tulane Uni- 
versity, 1897; University of Mississippi, 1866; University of Texas, 1882. 

Champe S. Andrews. 




WILLIAM MC KINLEY 
O. T. MASON 



DAVID ABBOT CHAMBERS 
BOND ANDERSON 



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SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON ROSTER 



Anderson, Bond — Epsilon — South- 
western Baptist University — '99 
— Clerk, Southern Railway, 1300 
Pennsylvania Ave. — 2542 13th. 

Ansley, Harrie C, 1300 Pennsyl- 
vania Ave. 

Bethune, James A., 818 D, N. E. 

Brown, George Whitfield, 1406 G, 
N. W. 

Chambers, David Abbott — Colum- 
bian University — '60 — Att jrney, 
908 G. — 1441 Q. 



Ford, Richard A., 317 4K', N. W. 

Henry, Patrick, House of Repre- 
sentatives. 

McKinley, William, Alt. Union 
College — '71 — Initiated June 3, 
1892— President of the United 
States — Executive Mansion. 

Mason, O. T., Columbian Univer- 
sity— '61— Curator U. S. Na- 
tional Museum — 175 1 P, N. W. 

Warren, Frank E., 805 9th, N. W. 



DELTA TAU DELTA 

T^HIS Fraternity was organized during the fall of 1859, but all data being 
* lost at the time of the Civil War, and it being impossible to fix the date 
exactly, January, I860, has been officially recognized as the date of its founding. 
The first form of government was naturally under-graduate, one chapter 
governing the rest under the name of Alpha ; there were four such chapters 
from the founding until 1884, when the present form of government was 
adopted; they were, the Mother Chapter at Bethany, the Second Mother a' 
Jefferson, now Washington and Jefferson, Ohio Wesleyan and Allegheny. 

The first general convention of the fraternity was held at Pittsburg, Pa., 
July 3, 1866, Five chapters were represented^ Jefferson, Allegheny and 
Monmouth College, Ohio University and the Western University of Pennsyl- 
vania. 

The National Convention of 1873 divided the Fraternity geographically into 
four sections, each with a presiding chapter, for the purpose of assisting the 
Alpha in the administration of the affairs of the Fraternity. The same idea is 
still found in the machinery of Delta Tau Delta though the presiding chapters 
hsve been abolished. 

The Convention of 1884 legislated out of existence under-graduate govern- 
ment, and elected a committee consisting of five Alumni and the Presidents of 
the four Provinces, in whose hands was placed the duty of administrating the 
affairs of the Fraternity, in many points absolutely, in others during the 
interim between the Biennial Conventions. 

In 1884 the W. W. W., or Rainbow Fraternity united with the Delta Tau 
Delta, the former being a society limited strictly to the Southern States, organ- 
ized in 1848 and with an excellent membership. 

Since the ten first years of the Fraternity's life, the election of honorarv 
members has been forbidden, and since that time every man who has the 
right to wear the badge, received that right while a college student. 

Delta Tau Delta first of all fraternities prohibited the initiation of sub- 
freshmen ; for years it stood alone in prohibiting lifting, by making any man 
who joined another fraternity ineligible to membership in its ranks, and even 
today it has but little company on this point ; while some years ago it passed 
legislation against class societies. 



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Up to the union with Rainbow, the colors of the Fraternity were purple 
and Gold, since that occurrence white has been inserted between the other two. 
The official organ is " The Rainbow," which has been published continuously 
since 1877, first under the title of "The Crescent," then under the present 
name. Six catalogues have been published, the latest in June 1897, and the 
Song Book was published about 1884. 

The growth of Delta Tau Delta has been marked by the withdrawal as well 
as the granting of charters, and Chapters are now in existence in the following 
Institutions. The State Universities of Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia, Iowa, 
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Nebraska. Illinois, California, Ohio, Michi- 
gan, Indiana, Pennsylvania ; the Universities of Brown, Cornell, Lehigh, De 
Pauw, Indianapolis, Ohio Wesleyan, Ohio, Northwester^^ Chicago, Leland 
Stanford, Jr., Tulane, University of the South, Washington and Lee, Vanderbilt ; 
Emory College, Albion, Allegheny, Hillsdale, Wabash, Washington and Jef- 
ferson, Tufts, Adelbert, Kenyon, Stevens Institute, Rensselaer, and Massachu- 
.^etts Institute of Technology. 

The alumni chapters are as follows : New York, Chicago, Nashville, Twin 
City, Pittsburg, Nebraska, Cleveland, Detroit, Grand Rapids, New Orleans, 
New England, Cincinnati. 

Robert E. Hall. 




MAX WEST 



GUY E. MITCHELL 

WALTER DAVIS GROESBECK 




PERCY C. ADAMS 
LAWRENCE Y. SPANN JOSEPH LEICESTER ATKINS 



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DELTA TAU DELTA ROSTER 



Adams, Percy C. — Beta Omicron 
— Cornell University — '93 — 
Architect, Treasury Department 
(Supervising Architect's Office) 
— The Cairo. 

Amiss, H. L., Department of La- 
bor. 

xA.tkins, Joseph Leicester — Theta — 
Bethany College, West Vir- 
ginia — '82 — Patent Lawyer, 900 
F— 3202 17th, N. W. 

Butt, A. W., Postal Telegraph 

Bid- 
Cable, Eugene W., Ordnance Bu- 
reau— i8th and G, N. W. 

Carroll, C. C, Department of Ag- 
riculture. 

Flower, Geo. L., Coast and Geo- 
detic Survey. 

Groesbeck, Walter Davis — Iota — 
Michigan Agricultural College — 
'92 — Assistant Examiner, U. S. 
Patent Office, Room 264, Patent 
Office— 1323 Wallach PL 

Hartsfield, A. N., Interstate Com- 
. merce Commission. 

Hepburn, C. B., 1618 19th, N. W. 

Holnian, Paul, U. S. Geological 
Survey. 

Hopkins, A. J., Member of Con- 
gress, House of Representatives. 

Lyon, Marcus Ward, Jr., U. S. 
National Museum. 

McDonald, J. A., House of Repre- 
sentatives. 



McDowell, J. A., 1746 M. 

Mann, John R., Member of Con- 
gress, Dewey Hotel. 

Miller, W., The Varnum. 

Mitchell, Guy E.— Iota— Michigan 
Agricultural College— '93— Cor- 
respondent, Glover Bldg. — 1002 
nth, N. W. 

Nesbit, Hugh Barr, Washington 
Post Building. 

Norton, Edward S., 3030 P. 

O'Brien, E. K, 807 Cameron, Al- 
exandria, Va. 

O'Reilly, Thomas 11 M, N. W. 

Pechin, Maurice, 3507 EsHn Ave, 
N. W. 

Peter, Walter G., 1503 Pennsylva- 
nia Ave. 

Pollock, W. C, Interior Depart- 
ment. 

Spann, Lawrence Y. — Pi — Univer- 
sity of Mississippi — '90 — Clerk, 
Post Office Department — 517 L, 
N. W. 

Stanton, Timothy W., 100 7th, N. 
E. 

Stockton, Israel C, 15 14 New Jer- 
sey Ave. 

Stockard, Thos. W., 1312 Florida 
Ave., N. W. 

West, Max — Beta Eta — University 
of Minnesota — '90 — Assistant, 
Division of Statistics, Depart- 
ment of Agriculture — 2217 15th, 
N. W. 

Williams, J. C. 701 15th. 



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ALPHA TAU OMEGA 

THE Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity was founded in the city of Richmond, 
Va., September 11, 1865, by Rev. Otis Allan Glazebrook, D. D., 
Captain Alfred Marshall, since deceased, and Judge Erskine Mayo Ross, 
all three residents of that city. It was incorporated in Bakimore, Md., in 
1874. 

Judge Ross was a recent graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, the 
great war school and West Point of the South, and Dr. Glazebrook and Captain 
Marshall were then members of the graduating class. 

The circumstances were peculiar. The Civil War had broken up all the 
southern colleges. The only exception was the Institute at Lexington, Va., 
which had secured a commanding importance and had been vigorously 
maintained to supply officers for the Confederate army. The conditions 
holding at military schools were not thought favorable to Greek letter societies. 
The prejudice and the fact that the Greek letter life was extinct in the South, 
had deprived the young men of that section of participation in the benefits of 
the Greek letter system. At the close of the war, some of the northern 
fraternities took steps to re-establish themselves in the South and had written 
to Gen. F. H. Smith, the distinguished superintendent of the college, as to its 
possibility. Cadet Glazebrook, having been recommended by the superin- 
tendent to the parties who had appealed to him, v/as approached upon the 
subject, and, after mature deliberation, duly considering the cloce relationship 
involved, and with an exalted idea as to the sacrecniss of such a bond, he 
concluded the time was not opportune. His attention, however, had been 
aroused, and the more he thought, the greater appeared the importance for 
the union of the hearts and honor of southern young men in an organization 



340 



based upon the principles of truth and virtue. Undoubtedly, the represen- 
tative young southern men were soon to be gathered at Lexington in the 
reopening of the Institute and the reorganization of Washington College 
under the presidency of Gen. Robert E. Lee. This afforded an exceptional 
opportunity. He prepared the plans of such a brotherhood, and after he 
had secured the co-operation of two of his chosen friends, it was 
determined to locate the first chapter at the Virginia Military Institute 
at its opening in the fall of 1865. Almost immediately afterward the second 
chapter was placed at Washington and Lee University. Recognizing that 
while the fraternity could and should do its first great work in the new South, 
such a brotherhood had a world-wide field and would as soon as the new national 
relations were re-established be wanted in every part of the country, its 
founder from the very first gave it such scope that it could adjust itself 
readily to every section. It was even more than national in its possibilities — 
it should be a brotherhood knowing no section, but aiming to combine true men 
the world over in an effort for the supremacy of good over evil. In furtherance 
of this object the fraternity was gradually extended to the southern institutions 
as they revived, in the meantime watch being kept for the opportunity to begin 
the wider, national life which was contemplated. The University of 
Pennsylvania at last afforded this opening, and the first northern chapter was 
established there, April 8, 1881. The honored pioneer in this extension was 
N. Wiley Thomas, Ph. D., now Professor of Chemistry in Girard College, 
Philadelphia. 

The success of Alpha Tau Omega has been remarkable. The total 
membership is about 5,200, and the list of chapters comprises Alabama A. 
and M. College, Southern University, University of Alabama, University of 
Georgia, Emory College, Mercer University, School of Technology, at 
Atlanta ; University of Illinois, Rose Polytechnic Institute, Tulane University, 
Tufts College, University of Maine, Colby University, Adrian College, 
Hillsdale College, Albion College, University of Nebraska, University of North 
Carolina, Trinity College (N. C), St. Lawrence University, Cornell Univer- 
sity, Mt. Union College, Wittenberg College, Wesleyan University, Marietta 
College, Ohio State University, Muhlenburg College, Pennsylvania College, 
University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, Southwestern Presbyterian 
University, Vanderbilt University, Southwestern Baptist University, Cum- 
berland University, University of the South, Austin College, University of 



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Texas, University of Vermont, Washington and Lee University, University of 
Virginia, the total number being forty-one, distributed through twenty-two states. 

In addition to these there are state alumni associations in active existence 
in Alabama, Massachusetts, Illinois, Ohio, District of Columbia, New York, 
Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas, And there are thriving city alumni 
associations at Allentown, Pa.; Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, New 
York, Pittsburg, Atlanta. 

The fraternity publications consist of a song book, catalogue and a 
quarterly magazine called " The Palm," which is published by Louis C. Ehle, 
of Chicago. 

The government of the fraternity is vested in three departments, namely : 
a congress of delegates from the chapters, which convenes biennially; the 
grand officers and a high council, composed of five alumni; the high chancellor, 
who acts as the judiciary. The congresses are held in different sections of the 
country. The congress of 1898 was held in New Orleans, and the 
congress of 1900 will be held in Boston. The present jfc-esiding officer 
is Dr. Larkin W. Glazebrook, of Washington, D. C, the son of the founder. 

Although the fraternity is but thirty-four years old, a long list of very 
distinguished and representative men could be given, to-day filling positions of 
honor in church and state and on the bench, and in all the departments of 
the country's intellectual and material life, a result not to be wondered at in a 
fraternity whose meaning and mission commend her to the development of the 
highest type of manhood. 

George H. Lamar. 




W. A. TURK 
GEORGE HOLT LAMAR 



LARKIN W. GLAZEBROOK 
GARDNER LLOYD BORTHE 




ALFRED J. STOFER GOODWIN DAVIS ELLSWORTH 

R. PAGE MORRIS 
GEORGE WOLFE KOONCE WILLIAM HARMONG LAMAR 




NED C. MC LAUGHLIN 
JOHN HENRY HOLT 



GRIFFITH L. JOHNSON 
JOHN MAC LEAN COIT 



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ALPHA TAU OMEGA ROSTER 



Ashby, Carroll W., 1300 Pennsyl- 
vania Ave. 
Ayres, Gustav, 2017 Kalorama 

Ave. 
Borthe, Gardner Lloyd — Virginia 
Delta — University of Virginia — 
'93 — Attorney-at-Law, 128 South 
Fairfax — 711 Princess, Alexan- 
dria, Va. 
Brent, Samuel G., Alexandria, Va. 
Bryant, Stowell L., The Cairo. 
Coit, John MacLean — Alpha Phi — 
University of South Carolina 
and Columbian University — B. 
S., '91 ; Law, '95 — Law Clerk, 
Patent Office — 1521 Vermont 
Ave., N. W. 
Clegg, A. M., 1410 loth, 
Cunningham, Paul D., 1728 isth, 

N. W. 
Davis, Herbert C. — Alpha Nu — 
Mt. Union College— Clerk, War 
Department — 1009 9th, N. W. 
Davis, John H., General Land Of- 
fice. 
Ellsworth, Goodwin Davis — N. C. 
Xi— Trinity College, N. C, '80; 
Georgetown University Law 
School, '99 — Assistant Chief, 
Division of Accounts, U. S. 
Treasury Department — ^213 6th, 
N. E. 
Gadsden, Edward M., i737 Cor- 
coran. 
Glazebrook, Larkin W.— Ga. Al- 
pha Zeta, Tenn. Omega, Va. 
Delta — University of Virginia 



and University of the South — 
'84 — Physician, 2022 P. 
Henry, J. William, 3241 N. 
Holt, John Henry — Alabama 
Alpha Epsilon — Alabama Poly- 
technic Institute, '93 ; George- 
town LTniversity, '97, Colum- 
bian University, '98 — Lawyer, 
Atlantic Bldg. 
Husson, Wm. M., U. S. Weather 

Bureau. 
Johnson, Griffith L. — A. B. — Uni- 
versity of Georgia — '88 — Short- 
hand Reporter — 1709 17th, N. W. 
Koonce, George^Wolfe — N. C. Xi 
—Trinity College, N. C, '79; 
National University Law School 
— Law Clerk, War Department 
—1328 R. N. W. 
Lamar, George Holt — Alabama 
Epsilon — Alabama Polytechnic 
Institute— '87— Lawyer, Fendall 
Bldg., 344 D, N. W.— Rockville, 
Md. 
Lamar, William Harmong — Ala- 
bama Alpha Epsilon — A. and M. 
College of Alabama— 'Si- 
Georgetown University Law 
School — '85 — Lawyer ; Late 
Captain and Brevet Major U. 
S. Volunteers, Signal Corps; 
Fendall Bldg.— Rockville, Md. 
McLaughlin, Ned C— Beta Rho 
(Ohio)— Marietta College— '93 
—Clerk, Bureau Navigation. 
Navy Department— 621 Mary- 
land Ave.. N. E. 



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ALPHA TAU OMEGA -Continuci 



Mallotte, Samuel W., Patent Of- 
fice. 

Marbnry, Leonard — D. C. Upsilon 
— Columbian LIniversity — '74; 
Law, '78 — Attorney-at-Law, 212 
King, Alexandria, Va. — 114 S. 
Pitt. 

March, Harry Addison — Alpha 
Nu — Mt. Union — '95 — Dramatic 
Critic, Student Medical Depart- 
ment, Columbian University, 906 
I, N. W.— Canton, O. 

Morris, Page, Member of Con- 
gress, 1225 Connecticut Ave. 

Norton, J. K. M.— Delta— Univer- 
sity of Virginia — '80, '81 and 
'82 — Lawyer, Alexandria, Va. 

Pechin, Herman, Eslin Ave. 

Peter, G. Freeland, 417 A, S. E. 

Polk, R. R., Member of Congress 
from Pennsylvania, House of 
Representatives. 

Renick, E. L — Va. Epsilon, Va. 
Delta — Roanoke College — 'yy ; 
University of Virginia, '81 — 
Lawyer, 619 14th, N. W.— -The 
Richmond. 



Rufifin, George M., 1023 Vermont 
Ave. 

Ruffin, Sterling, 1023 Vermont 
Ave. 

Ruffin, Thomas, 1023 Vermont 
Ave. 

Russell, Edward G., Post Office 
Department. 

Simpson, Hendree P., Navy De- 
partment. 

Sparks, Charles Byfield — Omega — 
University of the South — '97 — 
Assistant Clergyman, Church of 
the Epiphany — The Ebbitt 
House. 

Stofer, Alfred J. — Virginia Zeta — 
Bethel Military Institute— '73 — 
Journalist, 501 14th — loio 22nd, 
N. W. 

Turk, W. A. — Va. Epsilon — 
Roanoke College — '68-'69, '69-70 
— General Passenger Agent, 
Southern Railway, 1300 Pennsyl- 
vania Ave. — 2026 Columbian 
Road. 

Williams, John G., Savoy. 

Woolf. Oliver P., Auditor, Post 
Office Department — 62 S, N. W. 



349 



KAPPA ALPHA 

(Southern) 

|N this day and generation, when the only true form of government is 
thought to be a republic, it might seem a Httle strange to find among this 
society of men who, and whose ancestors, have done so much towards the 
establishing and maintaining of the greatest of republics, a smaller society 
governed by one man, whose aims and ideas are to maintain and perpetuate 
those maxims of that code practiced in the by-gone days of knighthood. But 
human nature is naturally inconsistent, and man has been endowed with a 
desire for the occult and the obsolete, and so it has come to pass that, 
modified only in so much as is absolutely necessary for compatroility with the 
larger organization, the Kappa Alpha fraternity (Southern), a society of 
knights patterned after those of old, has been born, reared and grown, a 
memorial monument of the chivalrous days of old. 
When man for war was born. 
With God and ladies as their battle song. 
For this it seems was the sentiment that prompted James Ward Wood, 
William N. Scott, William A. Walsh and Stanhope McClelland Scott in 
December, 1865, while enjoying the environment of those ideal days of a 
college life at Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, Lex- 
ington, Va. Springing as they did from families of the "Old South " it may, 
with reason, be supposed that their intentions were to preserve the old ideas of 
chivalry which they may, even at that early date, have foreseen were destined 
shortly to pass into the pages of history as a result of the then recent war, as 
well as to create a closer tie between themselves and others during their 
collegiate life. In any and all events, the Kappa Alpha fraternity, of which 
we are now speaking, was founded upon the principles of that true knighthood. 
It was on December 21, 1865, being prompted by the principles just 
spoken of, that the four above mentioned founders founded at Washington 
College the Phi Kappa Chi fraternity, whose name, after a few weeks, was 
changed to Kappa Alpha on account of some friction with another Greek letter 
order over a similarity of names, to which circumstance in all probability may be 



350 



attributed the present somewhat erroneous idea that Kappa Alpha was founded 
upon the ruins of a defunct fraternity which had existed at Washington 
College prior to the war. 

The first new chapters were for some time under the control and guidance 
of this Washington College, or Alpha, chapter, S. Z. Ammen, at that time the 
chief officer of Alpha, having the management of the affairs for the entire order, 
until the increase of chapters and the business incident thereto compelled him 
to request the creation of another office to rank second to his own, whose 
incumbent's duties should be to transmit to the younger chapters the orders 
of himself, the chief officer. The first appointed to fill this new office was J. F* 
Rogers. 

This mode of governing the order by the chief officer of the senior or 
oldest living chapter continued until 1873, when it was amended by conven-j 
tion in changing the status and method of choosing this second officer of th 
senior chapter, by making him an officer of the fraternity instead of the 
chapter, by enlarging his powers and in giving him rank above any other 
official, and by decreeing that such officer should be thereafter elected by the 
conventions, which now meet at his call every two years, and are composed of 
a delegate from each chapter and the general officers of the fraternity. 

Of the most important Conventions were those held in 1873, when the 
supreme authority, just mentioned, was taken from the senior chapter ; that 
held in 1885, when an office corresponding to a treasurer of the Order was 
created, and that held in 1893, when the ritual and code became, under the 
master hand of Mr. Ammen, greatly enlarged and beautified. 

During the intervals between conventions the powers and decisions of the 
chief officer are absolute and final, and it has been said of him, that " he may 
do anything, ' ' but this of course must be taken to mean within his constitutional 
powers. 

The medium of intercourse bstwesn the general officers, chapters and 
members is the Kappa Alpha Journal, which is edited and published at present 
in Lexington, Kentucky, by Charles W. Miller. It was originally established by 
the convention of 1878, and after two unsuccessful attempts was finally, in 
1885, placed upon a footing which to-day is the proud boast of the fraternity. 

The badge of membership is a gold shield, with the Greek letters K. A., 
and a Maltese cross set in gold in black enamel. 



351 



The colors are crimson and old gold, while the three mottos Fratres 
usque ad aram, Dieu et les Dames, and Excelsior will to those of an 
imaginary turn of mind, suggest somewhat the secret hidden beauties of Kappa 
Alpha. 

At the present time there are thirty-eight active chapters, located at the 
various institutions of learning throughout the South and West. In fact, the 
fraternity is the largest in the South, being stronger than its strongest rival by 
nine chapters and leaves most of its competitors far in the rear. 

The active chapters are distributed as follows : Maryland, 1 ; District of 
Columbia, 1 ; Virginia, 6 ; West Virginia, i ; North Carolina, 2 ; South 
Carolina, 2; Georgia, 3 ; Alabama, 3 ; Louisiana, 3 ; Mississippi, 1 ; Tennessee, 
4 ; Kentucky, 3 ; Missouri, 3 ; Arkansas, 1 ; Texas, 2 ; California, 2. 

In addition to these active chapters there are fifteen Alumni ones, and two 
State Associations, one in Missouri and the other in Georgia. The Alumni 
chapters are entitled to representation in the bi-annual conventions, but have 
no power of initiating new members. 

The present day earnings of the Journal after all expenses, including a 
salary of five hundred dollars to the editor, are about two hundred dollars a 
year, while its cost of production amounts to twelve or thirteen hundred. 

In the city of Washington, D. C, is located the Washington Alumni 
Chapter, which was organized in November, 1893, while at the Columbian 
University, in the same city, is established Alpha Nu Chapter, organized Novem- 
ber, 1894, by the Washington Alumni Chapter. The active chapter at the 
Columbian University occupies a handsome three story red brick house, with 
brown stone trimmings, situated at the northeast corner of Twentieth 
and K streets. Northwest ; where live and board a number of Kappa Alphas, 
both active and alumni. The present membership of Alpha Nu is twenty-five, 
while the tale of the future must of course remain untold. 

F. S. Key Smith. 




F. S. KEY SMITH 
ROBERT F. PORTNER 



EDWARD GEORGE PORTNER 
ALWARD LEE JOHNSON 




R. E. L. YELLOTT 
HARRIS PORTER RICHARDSON 



MARCUS CLARENCE HOPKINS 
WILFRED HEARN 





WILLIAM HINTON HOLLOWAY 
MAXWELL R. BROTHERS 



JOHN BOYLE, JR. 
SAMFORD C. FULLILOVE 




STEPHEN DUNCAN BRADLEY 
HENRY PELOUZE DOOLITTLE 



S. CLARK CROSS 

EDWARD POOL MILLS 




CHARLES MIDDLETON BEALL 
ROBERT CUNNINGHAM STENGER 



THOMAS SHERLOCK MERRILL 
DWIGHT ANDERSON 




THOMAS BRADLEY 
ORMSBY MC GAMMON 



CHARLES FREDERIC WILSON 
THOMAS GRANT 




WILLIAM ARCHER ROBERTS 
STEPHEN FIELD DENBY 



GEORGE LEE' MASON 
ST. JOHN GIDDELL CAFFERY 



359 



KAPPA ALPHA ROSTER 



Anderson, Dwight — Alpha Nu — 
Columbian University — IQOO, 
Law — Real Estate, 1008 F, N. 
W.— 307 T, N. W. 

Beall, Charles Middleton — Alpha 
Nu — Columbian University — 
1900 — Clerk, Washington Navy 
Yard — 1469 Kenesaw Ave. 

Boyle, John, Jr. — Alpha Nu — Co- 
lumbian University — 1901, Law 
— 4015 8th, Petworth, D. C. 

Bradley, Stephen Duncan — Alpha 
Nu — Columbian University^'99 
— Attorney-at-Law, City Hall — 
1688 31st. 

Bradley, Thomas — Alpha Nu — 
Columbian University — '96 — 
Real Estate Officer of the Wash- 
ington Loan and Trust Co., 900 
F, N. W.— 1601 28th, N. W. 

Brothers, Maxwell R.— Alpha Nu 
— Columbian University — Law 
Class, 1901 — Chief Deputy Col- 
lector of Customs, Custom 
House — 193 1 K, N. W. 

Bryant, William — Beta — Virginia 
Military Institute — '90-'94 — 
Washington and Lee University 
— Merchant, Alexandria, Va. 

Caffery, St. John Giddell— Alpha 
— Washington and Lee Uni- 
versity — 1901 — Second Lieute- 
nant, Marine Corps, 21 10 O— 
Franklin, La. 

Clark, S. C, 20th and K, N. W. 

Corse, W. B., 419 North Washing- 
ton, Alexandria, Va. 



Cross, S. Clark— Alpha Nu— Co- 
lumbian — '99 _ Draftsman, 
Washington Navy Yard — 1469 
Kenesaw Ave. 

Dalzell, Samuel, 1605 New Hamp- 
shire Ave. 

Denby, Stephen Field — Beta — Vir- 
ginia Military Institute — '99 — 
Civil Engineer — 213 A, S. E. 

Doolittle, Henry Pelouze — Alpha 
Nu — Columbian University — '97 
— Attorney-at-Law and Solicitor 
of Patents, 930 F — 2022 Hillyer 
PI. 

Fullilove, Samford C. — i\lpha 
Iota, Alpha ♦Ju — Columbian 
University — Law, 1901 — Student 
—193 1 K^ N. W. 

Garlington, E. A., War Depart- 
ment. 

Grant, Thomas— Alpha Nu— Co- 
lumbian. University, Diplomacy 
Class— Lawyer, 340 Indiana 
Ave. — Soldiers' Home, D. C. 

Hearn, Wilfred— Alpha Nu— Co- 
lumbian University— 1901— Law 
Clerk, 422 5th, N. W.— 1414 Q, 
N. W. 

Hills, R. W., 1342 i3tli, N. W. 

Holloway, William Hinton— Alpha 
]s^-u_Columbian University— 
^cjoi— Clerk, Post Office De- 
partment— 1638 i6th, N. W. 

Hopkins, Marcus Clarence— Alpha 
Nu — Columbian University — 
1901, Law— Patent Attorney, 
Room 41, Atlantic Bldg.— 1002 
nth, N. W. 



36o 
KAPPA ALPHA— Continued 



Jackson. B. Lowndes, 626 F, N. 
W. 

Johnson, Alward Lee — Alpha Nu 
— Columbian University — 1903 — 
Student — 1403 31st, N. W. 

Johnson, A. S. T,, Baltic Bldg., N. 
W. 

Jones, Edward E., 1940 9th, N. W. 

Leach, B. AF., 1306 I, N. W. 

McCammon, Ormsby — Alpha Nu 
— Columbian University — '96 — 
Attorney-at-Law, 1420 F, N. W. 
— 1324 19th, N. W. 

IMason, George Lee — Beta — Vir- 
ginia ^Military Listitute — '98 — 
Clerk, Southern Railway Co. — 
1605 Connecticut Ave., N. W. 

Merrill, Thomas Sherlock— Alpha 
Nu — Columbian University — 
1900 — Real Estate, 1324 F — 416 
T. 

Mills, Edward Pool— Alpha Nu — 
Columbian University — '96, Law 
— Lawyer, War Deoartment, 
Adjutant General's Office — 193 1 
K. N. W. 

Neal, D. R., War Department. 

Parker, C. L., 1329 F, N. W. 

Portner. Edward George — Alpha 
Nu — Columbian University — 
Post Graduate — Vice-President 
R. Portner Brewing Co., Alex- 
andria, Va. — 1 104 Vermont Ave. 

Portner, Robt. F.— Alpha Nu— 
Columbian University — '99 — 
Real Estate, The Portner — 1104 
Vermont Ave. 

Richardson, Harris Porter — Alpha 
Nu — Columbian University — 



1901, Law — Student — 193 iK, N. 
W. 

Roberts, Wm. Archer — Beta — Vir- 
ginia Military Institute — '96 — 
Patent Attorney, 626 F — 1525 
28th, N. W. 

Sellhauser, Armin Frederick — Al- 
pha Lambda — Johns Hopkins 
University — '97 — Lawyer — 510 
D, S. E. 

Slaylaugh, G. E., Hotel Norman- 
die. 

Stenger, Robert Cunningham — 
Alpha Nu — Columbian Univer- 
sity — 1902 — Student — 1313 H, N. 
W. 

Stuart, Douglass — Universit}^ o£ 
Virginia — '90-'9i — Attorney-at- 
Law, Alexandria, Va. 

Sweet, E. N., Room 321 War De- 
partment. 

Smith, F. S. Key — Alpha Zeta — 
College of William and Mary — 
'02 — Attorney-at-Law, City 

Hall— 2007 H, N. W. 

Westcott, Horace H. — Alpha Nu — 
Columbian LTniversity — '95 — 
Real Estate, 819 17th, N. W.— 
1414 2Cth. 

Wilson, Charles Frederic — Alpha 
Nu — Columbian University — '96 
— Attorney-at-Law, 486 Louisi- 
ana Ave., N. W. — 2004 G, N. W. 

Yellott, R. E. L.— Alpha Nu— Co- 
lumbian University— 1901 — Vice 
President of The Frank H. 
Thomas Co., Wyatt Bldg. — 1748 
Corcoran. 



363 



KAPPA SIGMA 

KAPPA SIGMA, as a Greek letter fraternity, came into existence at the 
University of Virginia in 1867. In that year George Miles Arnold, 
George Wyatt HoIIingsworth and others founded the mother chapter, with the 
sole idea of producing a local society. As a basis for their secret work, as 
well as for the name of the order, they adopted the myths and traditions of a 
certain secret society called " Kirjaith Sephor," said to have been founded at 
the University of Bologna in the fourteenth century. ^ 

The two gentlemen referred to became possessed of the secrets of Kirjaith 
Sephor while traveling in France and Italy during the year 1865. The Eu- 
ropean society, said to have been founded with the prime object of student pro- 
tection during travel, spread to the Universities of Montpellier, of Orleans, and 
of Paris, where its life was short. 

The society became extinct, its traditions, however, being handed down in 
the family of De Bardi, from a member of which Drs. Arnold and HoIIings- 
worth obtained a sufficient knowledge of its semi-mythical history to serve as 
a basis for the ritual and principles of Kappa Sigma. 

For six years the newly-formed society existed at the University of Vir- 
ginia as a " local." At the end of this time a new personnel had entered the 
society. This regime, under the leadership of Stephan Alonzo Jackson, deter- 
mined to cease existence as a society, and the " local" began to broaden into 
a fraternity. During this year and the following (1873 and 1874) six chapters 
were fouiided. Of these six early chapters it is interesting to note that two are 
still in existence, at Centenary College, Louisiana, and at Washington and Lee 
University, Virginia, and one more, though killed by anti-fraternity laws in 
1879, was revived in 1892, and still thrives at Trinity College, North Carolina. 

Progress in chapter building went slowly forward until in 1889, after two 
decades of hard work, but thirty-two chapters had been established, of which 
thirteen were already extinct. 



364 



During the next eight years (1890 to 1898) as many more chapters were 
added to the roll, with the proud record of but two extinct chapters out 
of the thirty-two. One of these, at Butler University, Indiana, was withdrawn 
in 1892, within less than a year of its foundation, and the other was killed by 
the anti-fraternity legislation of the state of South Carolina in 1897. 

The remarkable growth of the fraternity in the past decade has been coin- 
cident with the development of the broadened principles which determined, in 
1885, to remove restrictions from its territorial boundaries, and make of the 
order a national instead of a purely southern organization. 

The movement, which began with the establishment of chapters at Purdue 
University, Indiana, and at the University of Maine, has progressed so rapidly 
that on January 1, 1899, twenty-one of its forty-nine active chapters were situ- 
ated in the Northern States. 

The formation of alumni associations began in 1892, with clubs at Yazoo 
City, Mississippi, Pittsburg, Philadelphia and at New York City. 

Other alumni associations are now in active existence at New Orleans, 
Chicago, Indianapolis, Ruston, La.; Boston, and Chihuahua, Mexico. 

Active chapters are located at Louisiana State University, Davidson Col- 
lege, Centenary College, University of Virginia, Randolph-Macon College, 
Cumberland University, Southwestern University, Vanderbilt University, Uni- 
versity of Tennessee, Washington and Lee University, William and Mary Col- 
lege, University of Arkansas, Swarthmore College, Tulane University, 
University of Texas, Hampden-Sidney College, Southwestern Presbyterian 
-HJniversity, Purdue University, University of Maine, University of the South, 
Trinity College, Mercer University, University of Illinois, Pennsylvania State 
College, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, Columbian Uni- 
versity, Southwestern Baptist University, Cornell University, University of 
Vermont, University of North Carolina, Wofford College, Bethel College, 
Kentucky University, Wabash College, Bowdoin College, Ohio State* Univer- 
sity, Georgia School of Technology, Millsaps College, Bucknell University, 
Lake Forest University, University of Nebraska, Wm. Jewell College, Univer- 
sity of Maryland, Brown University, Richmond College, Missouri State Uni- 
versity, Washington and Jefferson College, and University of Wisconsin. 

The publications of the fraternity began in 1885 with its magazine, the 
Quarterly, which in 1891 became a bi-monthly under the name Caduceus. A 



365 



" Constitution and Catalogue," the work of S. A. Jackson, was issued in 1881. 
A second catalogue, the work of George Vaughan, appeared in 1897. 

A secret bi-monthly periodical, the " Star and Crescent," began in 1897, 
and a song book, compiled by Albert B. Lambert and Renel W. Smith, ap- 
peared in 1899. The minutes of its biennial grand conclaves as well as the 
present constitution of the fraternity, have been published in book or pamphlet 
form. 

The membership is now between three and four thousand ; the badge is a 
crescent and star ; the colors, maroon, old gold and peacock blue ; the flower, 
the lily of the valley ; the yell — 

Rah, rah, rah, 

Crescent and star, 

Vive la, vive la, 

Kappa Sigma. 

Alpha Eta, the designation of this chapter, was first established at the 
Columbian University, February 23, 1892, with Edward Grant Seibert, 
Clarence George Probert, Lincoln Johnson, VanBuren Knott, Ashby Edward 
Bain and Fred Jones, all of the class of 1893, as charter members. In 
October, 1892, this chapter entertained the Grand Conclave of Kappa Sigma 
which was held in Washington on that date. In June, 1893, the chapter be- 
came inactive by the graduation of all its members and remained so until May 
20, 1896, when John Womack Wright and J. Howard Allen, law and medical 
departments respectively, re-established the chapter, and from then to the 
present time the Kappa Sigma fraternity has been the most prominent factor 
in the Greek letter world at Columbian University. Its membership has in- 
creased every year, and to my mind it is only a question of time when we 
move from our present club rooms, No. 713 14th Street, into a fraternity house 

owned and managed by the Kappa Sigma. 

John Bernard Dahlgren. 




JULIAN T. MILLER 
LEWIS JOHNSON MAURO JAMES EDWARD RHODES, 2D 




ALGERNON SARTORIS 
MELVIN G. BENJAMIN 



J. LEN DOWNS 
JOSEPH W. GRAIG 



368 



KAPPA SIGMA ROSTER 



Allen, John Howard, 1418 L, N. 
W. 

Ayres, W. S. 1333 L, N. W. 

J3ain, A. E., Roanoke and 14th. 

JBarnett, Marcus W., 910 I, N. W. 

^eard, Wm. Henry, 1305 N, N. 
W. 

-Benjamin, Francis M., 531 T. 

^Benjamin, Melvin G.— Alpha Eta 
— Columbian University — 1902 — 
Real Estate, 713 14th, N. W.— 
531 T, N. W. 

Bidgood, Jr., Joseph Virginius, 
607 Cameron, Alexandria, Va. 

Birney, Richard, 1516 22d, N. W. 

^oyd, John C. — Zeta — University 
of Virginia — '71 — Medical In- 
spector, U. S. Navy, Bureau 
Medicine and Surgery, Navy 
Department — 13 13 P, N. W. 

Bright, Henry T., 517 A, S. E. 

Chapin, W. B., 1735 Massachusetts 
Ave., N. W. 

Clark, W. L., 1210 F, N. W. 

Clifton, Horace Bradford — Alpha 
Eta — Columbian University — 
1900 — Lawyer, 344 D, N. W.— 
2819 Q, N. W. 

Copeland, Edgar Pasqual— Alpha 
Eta — Columbian University— 
1900 — Children's Hospital — 507 
C, S. E. 

Craig, Joseph W.— Alpha Eta- 
Columbian University — 1900 — 
Attorney-at-Law, 406 5th, N. W. 
— 1416 N, N. W. 

Dahlgren. John Bernard— Alpha 
Eta — Columbian University — '97 



— Lawyer, Fendall Building— e 
Lafayette Square. 

Downs, J. Len— Alpha Eta— Co- 
lumbian University — 1902, Law 
—224 N. Capitol. 

Doyle, Bertram M., 934 L 

Fouse, George C, 712 7th, S. E. 

Fowler, Owen H. — Alpha Eta- 
Columbian University — '98 — At- 
torney-at-Law, 1425 New York 
Ave., N. W.— 922 I, N. W. 

Fry, H. D., 1601 Connecticut, N. 
N. W. 

Getzendanner, F. C, 1908 F, N. 
W. 

Gibson, Richard, Alexandria, Va. 

Grasty, T. S. D., 625 Q, N. W. 

Gray, John P., Senate Chamber. 

Green, William Alexander, 807 
I2th, N. W. 

Guynes, Charles G., 921 L < 

Guynes, C. O., Navy Yard. \ 

Hallam, William Meade— Alphi 
Eta — Columbian Universit}^ — '9^ 
— Attorney-at-Law, 458 Louis- 
iana Ave. — 504 C, S. E. ; 

Harris, John T., 940 K. 

Henry, Robert P.— Alpha Eta- 
Columbian University — '97-8— 
Secretary to Hon. Patrick," 
Henry, M. C, Brandon, Mis- 
sissippi — 2021 Hill3^er PL, N. W. 

Holmes, C. W., 3471 Morgan Ave. 

Hufty, Lawrence — Alpha Eta- 
Columbian University — '99 — At- 
torney-at-Law, 472 Louisiana; 
Ave., N. W.— 1143 22d, N. W. 






I 




ROBERT P. HENRY 
OWEN H. FOWLER 



WILLIAM MARTIN SMITH 
JOHN BERNARD DAHLGREN 




LAWRENCE HUFTY 
HORACE BRADFORD CLIFTON 



WILLIAM MEADE HALLAM 
EDGAR PASQUAL COFELAND 



371 



KAPPA SIGMA— Continued 



Jenks, Richard L., 208 New York 
Ave, N. W. 

Johnson, J. T, 613 North Wash- 
ington, Alexandria, Va. 

Johnson, Lincoln — Alpha Eta — 
Medical Department, Columbian 
Universit}'- — '93 — Physician, 12 15 
Rhode Island Ave. 

Kemper, Jr., K., 218 King, Alex- 
andria, Va. 

Kendricks, Gerald O. K., 1443 
Chapin, N. W. 

Key, Sothoron, 1335 H, N. W. 

Kirk, Wm. F., 1103 13th. 

Lash, P. H., 417 North Alfred, 
Alexandria, Va. 

Leadle)^, J. W., LI. S. Census Of- 
fice. 

Lennon, Claude M., 604 King, 
Alexandria, Va. 

Loucks, E. O., 191 1 4th, N. W. 

McClure, J. B., 154 A, S. E. 

McMillan, John William, 1300 
Pennsylvania Ave. 

McNeil, Walter A., 814 loth, N. 
W. 

McNew, Frank O. — Lambda — 
University of Tennessee — '81 — 
Clerk, Treasury Dept. — 1532 I, 
N. W. 

Mauro, Lewis Johnson — Xi — 
Virginia Military Institute — '78 
— Clerk, Bureau of C. and R., 
Navy Department — 1616 22d, N. 
W. 

Miller, Julian T. — Zeta — Univer- 
sity of Virginia — '91 ; '92 — Phy- 



sician, 716 Queen, Alexandria, 
Va. 

Nichol, Graham B., 531 T, N. W. 

Olberg, Charles R.— Alpha Eta- 
Columbian University (Scien- 
tific) — 1901 — Structural Iron 
Draughtsman, Supervising Ar- 
chitect's Office — 1919 13th, N. 
W. 

Patterson, Alvah W., Census Of- 
fice — 222 7ch, S. E. 

Pollard, Wm. T., 922 Cameron, 
Alexandria, Va. 

Rhodes, James Edward, 2d — 
Alpha Rho — Bowddln College — 
'97 — Law Student and Secretary 
to Hon. C. E. Littlefield, The 
Hamilton — Rockland, Maine. 

Rill, W. A., 724 I2th. 

Sartoris, Algernon — Alpha Eta 

— Columbian University — 1901 — 

(Late) Captain 3d U. S. Vol. 

Immunes— 2111 Massachusetts 

' Ave. 

Schlaar, W. F., 800 O, N. W. 

Scrannage, J. Martin, Post Office. 

Seibert, E. G., U. S. Census Office. 

Smith, William IMartin— Alpha 
Eta — ColumbianUniversity— "97— 
Chief Clerk, Bureau Yards and 
Docks. Navy Department, Room 
170, Navy Department — 92 M, 
N. W. 

Stevens, Richard A.— Second 
Auditors' Office, Post Office— 
1830 G, N. W. 

Stine, O. C, 138 E, N. W. 

Thomas, L.. Dewey Hotel. 



372 

KAPPA SIGMA— Continued 

Thompson, P. N. H., Columbian Clerk, Office Secretary U. S. 

Law School. Senate— Portland, Ore. 

Tindall, Philip, 2103 California ^r , r- -p n o /r _.i 

^' ^ Vaughan, George Tully, 816 17th. 

Ave. 

Tracy, A. Lester, 800 P. N. W. W^^^^^' ^^""^^ R-' ^^^ S, N. W. 

Turner, Wm. B.— Alpha Eta— Co- Zimmerman, J. Robert, Jr., Foot 

lumbian University — 1900 — of Queen, Alexandria, Va, 



¥ ^^A-— ; 



375 



SIGMA NU 

JANUARY 1st, 1869 and the Virginia Military Institute are indissolubly 
linked together' in the nrJnd of every Sigma Nu. It was on that date, 
and within the walls of that famous old southern institution of learning, that 
this youthful college fraternity became a member of the Greek letter family. 
It was at that time, too, that James F. Hopkins, of Memphis, Tenn.; Greenfield 
Quarles, of Helena, Ark.; J. W. Riley, of St. Louis, Mo.; and R. E. Semple, 
of Mississippi — all cadets in the Institute — conceived an idea of brotherhood 
which has since made their names to be revered by thousands of fellow 
workers in the same cause. 

Alpha Tau Omega had previously organized a chapter at the V. M. I. In 
a short time it became evident that this fraternity was exercising a great 
control over the affairs of the school. Dissatisfaction prevailed throughout 
the cadet corps. Hopkins and his comrades quickly grasped the situation, and 
with no other purpose in view than the formation of a rival society, set to 
work to complete its organization. At that time there was no thought that the 
proposed rival would ever attain to more than local reputation. Indeed, it is 
believed that there was no intention to form a Greek letter society, in the 
proper sense of that term, as is shown by the fact that it was not until " the 
new idea of expansion " had taken root that a Greek letter name was given it. 
Just as the Alpha Taus had been dubbed by their fellow cadets " Blackfeet," 
so these, their rivals, were called, or called themselves, in contradistinction, 
"Whitefeet," and by these two names respectively their adherents were 
known. 

Naturally enough by this time excitement at the institute was by no means 
on the wane. With two rivals in the field, whose policies were as diametrically 
opposed as their names would seem to indicate, there grew up a friendly 
contest for " the spoils" — a contest, not alone for the honors open to the 
competition of the cadet corps, but a contest for men as well. Success in a 
measure far beyond the fondest dream of the "Whitefeet" attended their 
efforts. Before the first school year had closed, forty names, representing 



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half as many states, were on their rolls. New ideas sprang up and matured, 
and " Whitefeet," a name which probably once savored of derision, soon 
became a symbol of honor and a badge of distinction at the V. M. I. 

Having accomplished so much in the short time, every man of the forty 
was now bent on doing more. As a result, the old name gave way to the 
more euphonious Greek letter name, Sigma Nu. A constitution and by-laws 
were prepared and adopted, a badge and fraternity signs and symbols were 
agreed upon, a policy of extension was proposed, and this " baby fraternity," 
then less than one year old, entered the field to combat with old and powerful 
adversaries, claiming the right to share in shaping the lives and destinies of 
the college youth. 

Notwithstanding her early successes, Sigma Nu made little progress for 
several years. Chapters were founded, but a multitude of almost insuperable 
difficulties retarded her growth. In some instances this was due to the char- 
acter of the institution selected. Some of the schools entered were small and 
insignificant. At other institutions the faculties became hostile, and, by 
adopting prohibitive regulations, crushed out chapters that seemed well estab- 
lished and bade fair to succeed, while it not infrequently happened, as was to 
be expected, that it was impossible to compete with old rivals, well established 
and owning costly chapter houses. These difficulties, together with those 
encountered by every fraternity — such as the incapability of the inexperienced 
successfully to assume the obligations incident to membership in a college 
fraternity — made the early life of Sigma Nu so ineffective and unsuccessful 
that in 1883, fourteen years after the founding of the first chapter, there were 
to be found but three active chapters out of nine that had been established, 
and only 300 persons had donned the five-armed badge. 

But in this year the struggle for existence became more successful, and it 
is at this point that the real history of Sigma Nu begins. Fourteen years of 
inactivity had proved a blessing in disguise. A new leader stepped forth in the 
person of Isaac P. Robinson, of Baltimore. Assisted by others loyal to the 
cause, Robinson, whose enthusiasm for his "frat." knew no bounds, and 
whose efforts can properly be characterized as untiring, called his little band 
of Greeks " to arms." What plans they agreed upon, and how they carried 
them out, let the result suffice to tell. In the next two years six chapters were 
organized, and seven in the following four. Succeeding yearns have seen the 



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chapter list grow in size and the membership increase, until now more than 
forty chapters have been installed, with a total membership of over 3,000. 

But vain would be the boast, indeed, if this were the only improvement 
Sigma Nu had made. She had advanced in other lines as well, and not the 
least of these is improvement in the quality of the institutions she is entering. 
Though many of the early chapters, and now and then a recent one, were 
placed in the less important institutions of learning, many have been located 
at the larger institutions of prominence and influence in different parts of the 
United States. And while the writer does not presume to speak for any one 
other than himself, he thinks he sees in the gradual change which Sigma Nu has 
undergone in the past ten years, a steady approach to what he believes to be its 
ultimate policy — a change from an almost rabid policy of extension to a wiser 
policy of discreet conservatism. With chapters in the South at such institu- 
tions as the universities of Virginia and Washington and Lee ; in the West at 
University of California and Leland Stanford, Jr.; in the middle West at Pur- 
due and Northwestern, and in the East at Lehigh and University of Vermont, 
it is believed that the stock of Sigma Nu is quoted higher in the fraternity 
market to-day than ever before, and that increasing prosperity will continue to 
attend in the coming years. 

The roll now shows active chapters existing at the following institutions : 
University of Virginia, Leland Stanford, Jr., University, University of Texas, 
William Jewell College, University of Washington, Cumberland University, 
University of Kansas, Bethel College, University of California, Central Uni- 
versity, University of Iowa, Alabama A. & M. College, University of Alabama, 
University State of Louisiana, Vanderbilt University, University State of 
Missouri, Rose Polytechnic Institute, Albion College, Indiana State University, 
Lombard University, De Pauw University, Mt. Union College, Ohio State 
University, Northwestern University, Purdue University, Georgia School of 
Technology, Western Georgia A. & M., Emory College, University Georgia. 
Mercer University, North Carolina A. & M., University North Carolina, 
Washington and Lee University, University of Vermont, Lehigh University, 
University of South Carolina and Tulane University. 

The fraternity colors are black, white and gold, and the official organ, the 
Delta, is a quarterly publication. 

The badge has five arms, and is designed after the badge of the Legion 



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of Honor of France. It is made of plain gold, but may be set with precious 
atones. Within a golden circle, where the arms meet, is coiled a golden 
serpent in a black enamel field, and in the white enamel field of every arm are 
crossed two golden swords. 

Many of the chapters now occupy chapter houses, and alumni association 
and clubs are to be found in nearly all of the great cities. 

The governing body of Sigma Nu is known as " the high council." It is 
composed of the four highest officers in the fraternity, who are at present : 
Hamilton M. Dawes, New York City, regent; William L. Kemp, Atlanta, 
Ga., vice-regent; Ferd. H. Heywood, Columbus, 0., grand treasurer, and 
Clarence E. Woods, Richmond, Ky., grand recorder and editor of the Delta. 

" Since 1883, when its existence as a national fraternity really began, the 
3igma Nu fraternity has displayed the energy, vigor and aggressiveness 
characteristic of youth. At that time it had practically no standing as am 
national fraternity. It had a comparatively small number of members and 
but few chapters. Those chapters were situated in small and uninfluential 
institutions of learning in one section of the country. It owned no chapter 
houses — it rented none. Sixteen years have elapsed. To-day it has gained 
for itself a place among national college fraternities and a standing which is 
admitted to be good. It has established and maintained chapters in many of 
the most prominent and most influential institutions of our land. Its member- 
ship roll has increased more than ten fold. It now owns many chapter 
houses and leases others. And it has, withal, maintained a high standard of 
mental and moral excellence as well as fraternal qualifications for its mem- 
bers, so that they stand well, are respected, and receive their share of honors 
at the institutions in which they are students. All this has been accomplished 
in competition with college fraternities possessing all the advantages that 
greater age would naturally give them. 

"All things considered, therefore, Sigma Nu feels proud of her past 
achievements and present standing, for her life has little more than begun. 
Some years hence, when she shall have reached her prime, let us hope that 
her successes and rewards will be still more numerous, and her victories an 
achievements more pronounced than they are to-day." 

Hamilton M. Dawes 



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SIGMA NU ROSTER 

Barney, Samuel S., M. C, House Stallings, Jesse F., M. C, House 

of Representatives. of Representatives. 

Clayton, Henry D., M. C, House 

of Representatives. Sylvester, Albert H., Geological 

Holton, D. W., D. C. Building, Survey. 
Water Department. 



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PHI SIGMA KAPPA 

THE Phi Sigma Kappa was founded at the Massachusetts Agricultural 
College, March 15, 1873, by Jabez William Clay, Joseph Francis Bar- 
rett, Henry Hague, Zenas Young Clark, Frederick George Campbell and 
William Penn Brooks, all of the class of 1875. 

In 1878 the grand chapter of the fraternity was organized. The society had 
refused in 1874 to extend itself to the Maine State College. On February 
2, 1888, a chapter was placed at the Albany Medical College, and styled the 
Alden March chapter in honor of the famous surgeon of that name, who 
had established that institution. In 1891 the Pi chapter and the Alden March 
chapter changed their names to Alpha and Beta, the latter becoming a chap- 
ter of Union University. February 26, 1889, Gamma chapte^was placed at 
Cornell University through the efforts of Arthur G. Root and Sherwood 
Le Fevre, of Beta. February 24, 1891, Delta chapter was placed at West 
Virginia University. This movement was due to Wilbur S. Mayers, of 
Gamma. June 3, 1893, Epsilon chapter was placed at Yale University by the 
work of Wilson L. Camden, of Delta chapter. December 19, 1896, Zeta 
chapter was placed at the College of the City of New York. January 8, 1897, 
Eta was inducted at the University of Maryland because of the efforts of Tom 
S. Tompkins, of Delta, and December 16, 1897, Theta chapter was placed 
at Columbia University, New York, because of the work of William Taylor 
Elgas, Matthew J. Elgas, Jr., and Albert G. Rich, of Zeta. March 15, 1899, 
W. R. Haughey, Jr., of Zeta, brought together nine petitioners from Stevens 
Institute of Technology, who were inducted as the Iota chapter. June 7, 
1899, the Kappa chapter was placed at the Pennsylvania State College, thus 
taking over and absorbing the local fraternity termed the Phi Delta Epsilon, 
which had been in existence nearly five years, and had a total membership of 
thirty-two. The inception of this extension work was due to the efforts of Mr. 
Haughey. October 7, 1899, the Lambda chapter was established at the 
Columbian University, Washington, as a result of the labors of Horace M. 
Bell, Max C. Maxwell and J. Strother Miller, of Gamma chapter. Thus the 
extension work has been accomplished by personal labor of members under 
the inspiration and supervision of the council. 



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Now it will be seen that this fraternity existed as a local society for fifteen 
years. As a general fraternity it has lived a little over eleven years. Its 
total membership to-day is over 600. No chapters have died. 

The growth of such an organization has, of course, necessitated frequent 
changes of its constitution. Such changes, after a time, became a bother in 
conventions, as they took a great deal of time. In 1893 Prof. William P. 
Brooks, Ph. D., was appointed a special commissioner to revise the constitu- 
tion, and with the help of some members of the council he drew up a report, 
which was thoroughly discussed at convention held in 1894 at Yale University,' 
and finally adopted. This constitution consists of four parts, preceded by a 
preamble stating the general principles of college fraternity life, of some five 
hundred words. This preamble, and the second, third and fourth parts, have 
been printed. The first part of the constitution, which relates to the secret 
work and management of the chapters, is of course unprinted. The second 
part relates to the organization of members into the grand chapter, the forma- 
tion of conventions and the powers and duties of the council, which is the 
executive body of the fraternity. The members of the grand chapter, which 
IS known as the second degree, consist of all graduates, former students 
whose class has been graduated, and all past and present presidents of the 
chapters. Such, under proper restrictions, may organize themselves intc 
clubs, which have the power to act on amendments to the constitution Con 
ventions are now held once in two years. The council consists of six mem- 
bers. The constitution to be amended must have such amendment adopted 
by a two-thirds vote in the convention, and ratified by three-quarters of the 
chapters and clubs. Thus the conventions are no longer taken up with " con- 
stitution doctoring," and the time is spent on the chief work of the fraternity 
-the promotion of fellowship. The third part of the constitution relates to 
the third degree, which is known as the degree of honor, and is composed of 
the founders of the fraternity and past presidents and vice-presidents of the 
grand chapter. The fourth part of the constitution pertains to matters of 
colors,_ emblems, taxation, headquarters, amendments, etc. The colors of the 
fraternity are silver and magenta. The emblems are the onyx ring with the 
arbitrary characters engraved upon them, and a pin of the three Greek letters, 
the Sigma to the left, the Kappa to the right, the Phi superimposing the two 
The headquarters of the fraternity are established in New York City, and at 
east four members of the council must be located in New York 



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Each chapter has the right to initiate former students at the institution 
wherein they are located, and also honorary members who may not have been 
students of any college. But such must be with the unanimous concurrence 
of the council. Very few members of either class have ever been initiated. 
The fraternity has made a strong point in its university chapters of taking men 
from all departments, in crder to promote university solidarity, and in this pur- 
pose it has been successful to a great extent. The clubs of the fraternity are 
two in number, one located in New York since 1889, and one in Boston since 
1897. 

As to chapter houses, the organization is young. It has no wealthy men, 
and each chapter has built itself up according to its surroundings. For a 
number of years Alpha chapter has owned a fine plot of land, two hundred 
feet square, on which it has not yet built, because its position in the college is 
so eminently successful and it is so happily housed in iis large rooms that the 
alumni and undergraduates believe it best to simply wait until tne right time 
comes for building. Gamma chapter, at Cornell, has lived in a rented house 
since 1891 . It has now on hand nearly all of the funds necessary to commence 
building operations, which are expected to betaken up in the summer of 1900. 
Zeta and Theta chapters occupy handsome quarters facing Morningside Park. 
Iota of the Stevens Institute, is placed in a fine house closely adjacent to the 
Stevens property. Kappa, at Pennsylvania State, had previously existed in a 
hired house during its life as the Phi Delta Epsilon. It will remain in the 
same until it proceeds to building operations, and thereby own its own home. 
The Lambda, at Columbian University, occupies a fine mansion on L Street, 
N. W., overlooking a park and Massachusetts Avenue. 

John Ashburton Cutter. 




THOMAS JUNIOR KEMP 
EDWIN WAKEFIELD GREENE 



KENNETH BEYMER TURNER 
WILLIAM CARLISLE BARR 







W. T. DAVIS 
CLINTON ATWOOD PUTNAM 



CHAS. W. PARSELLS 
LOUIS W. RYDER 




CHARLES V/ESLEY OWEN 
JEWELL M. GOMPERTZ 



GEORGE PRESTON PARKS 
HARRY WOOD TOBIAS 



395 

Zeta Psi House at Cornell ip 

Zeta Psi House at New York University 74 

Zeta Psi Temple at Yale 78 

pRATERNITY BADGES : 

Alpha Deta Phi Badge 113 

Alpha Tau Omega Badge 337 

Beta Theta Pi Badge 163 

Chi Phi Badge 299 

Chi Psi Badge 187 

Delta Kappa Epsilon Badge 197 

Delta Phi Badge 103 

Delta Psi Badge 229 

Delta Tau Delta Badge 329 

Delta Upsilon Badge I53 

Kappa x\lpha Badge 85 

Kappa Alpha ( Southern) Badge v. 347 

Kappa Sigma Badge 361 

Phi Delta Theta Badge 257 

Phi Gamma Delta Badge 245 

Phi Kappa Psi Badge 279 

Phi Kappa Sigma Badge 267 

Phi Sigma Kappa Badge 3oi 

Psi Upsilon Badge ^33 

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Badge 32i 

Sigma Chi Badge ^°7 

Sigma Nu Badge -^73 

Sigma Phi Badge 9d 

Theta Delta Chi Badge -^^5 

Zeta Psi Badge -^^ 

Historical Sketches and Rosters : 

Alpha Delta Phi History ^^^^ 

Alpha Delta Phi Roster. ^'^ 

Alpha Tau Omega History -^-^9 

Alpha Tau Omega Roster ^-^^ 

Beta Theta Pi History 



165 



Beta Theta Pi Roster ^''' 

Chi Phi History ^^. 

Chi Phi Roster '"^^ 

Chi Psi History ^^. 

Chi Psi Roster 



396 

Delta Kappa Epsilon History 199 

Delta Kappa Epsilon Roster. 207 

Delta Phi History 105, 

Delta Phi Roster 1 1 1 

Delta Psi History 231 

Delta Psi Roster 233. 

Delta Tail Delta History. 331 

Delta Tail Delta Roster 335 

Delta Upsilon History . 155. 

Delta Upsilon Roster 161 

Kappa Alpha History , 87" 

Kappa Alpha Roster 93 

Kappa Alpha (Southern) History 349^ 

Kappa Alpha (Southern) Roster. 359 

Kappa Sigma History 363 

Kappa Sigma Roster 368 

Phi Delta Theta History 259 

Phi Delta Theta Roster 265 

Phi Gamma Delta History 247 

Phi Gamma Delta Roster 255 

Phi Kappa Psi History 281 

Phi Kappa Psi Roster 289- 

Phi Kappa Sigma History 269 

Phi Kappa Sigma Roster 277 

Phi Sigma Kappa History 383 

Phi Sigma Kappa Roster 391 

Psi Upsilon History 135 

Psi Upsilon Roster 143. 

Sigma Alpha Epsilon History 323 

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Roster 327 

Sigma Chi History 309 

Sigma Chi Roster 315 

Sigma Nu History 375 

Sigma Nu Roster 379 

Sigma Phi History 97 

Sigma Phi Roster loi 

Theta Delta Chi History 237 

Theta Delta Chi Roster 243 

Zeta Psi Roster 227" 

Zeta Psi History 221 



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